The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has advised the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 or take the necessary legislative steps to effect any necessary changes and return the Bill to the President for reconsideration.
It also expressed amazement over President Buhari’s refusal to sign the bill, waiting for the whole 30 days to communicate his decision.
NBA President Olumide Akpata in a statement said the association received the unfortunate, but unsurprising, news of the decision of Buhari, to decline assent to the Electoral Act Bill 2021.
He added that the association also joins other civil society groups and well-meaning Nigerians in expressing discontent with the manner of the exercise of the President’s veto.
