Electoral bill: Senators move to override Buhari, gather 73 signatures

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Seventy-three senators are set to support a motion to override the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s veto on the Electoral Act (Ammendment) Bill.

A Senator of the Peoples Democratic Party, George Sekibo, made this known in an interview with Channels Television.

Sekibo explained that there are plans to override Buhari’s veto after the end of the closed-door session of the senate on Tuesday.

The lawmaker was quoted as saying that “a total of 73 signatures have been compiled” to override the veto.

By law, the National Assembly can override the president’s veto ofn a bill through a two-third majority vote.

The signatires said to have been gathered are over two-third majority needed to override the president’s veto as there are 109 senators in the Senate.

With the 73 signatures gathered so far…