Tag: Osita Ogbu
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JUST IN: House of Reps to override President Buhari’s veto on 10 bills
The House of Representatives is to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto power on ten bills including the Nigerian Peace Corp bill. This was made known at the House plenary session on Wednesday after Buhari declined to assent to the amendment of the 2010 Electoral Act forwarded to him by the National Assembly (NASS). A second…
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Electoral Act Amendment: Buhari’s decision to withhold assent in order — Don
A professor of law, Osita Ogbu says President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the Electoral Act as amended by the National Assembly is in order. TheNewsGuru reports both chambers of the NASS had amended sections of the Electoral Act, prominent among which was the alteration of election sequence as fixed by the Independent…