The Senate on Wednesday resolved to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on two bills passed by the National Assembly.
The upper chamber also agreed to reconsider and pass 15 other Bills rejected by President Buhari.
The resolution to override the president’s veto on the bills and reconsider 15 others was unanimously adopted on the floor of the Senate.
The two affected bills are the “the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fourth Alteration No. 28,) Bill, 2018” and “the Industrial Development (Income Tax Relief) (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
The Forth Alteration No. 28 Bill, a constitution amendment, seeks to provide for the time within which the President or Governor shall lay the Appropriation Bill before the National or State Assembly.
The Bill also seeks to encourage early presentation and passage of Appropriation Bills.
President Buhari declined assent to the Bill on the grounds that it did not take cognizance of the provisions of Section 58(4) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.