Electoral Act: Override Buhari’s veto, PDP govs tell NASS
POLITICS DIGEST- Governors elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, with a charge to legislators not to sustain President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021.
They asked the lawmakers to quickly conclude deliberations on the bill, either by overriding the President’s veto or deleting areas of complaint, and “deny President Buhari the opportunity to once again truncate a reformed electoral jurisprudence for Nigeria.”
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In a nine-point communiqué released after the meeting that lasted for about eight hours at the Government House, Port Harcourt, which was signed by 10 of the 13 PDP governors, they re-echoed Sunday’s position of the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, that the early conclusion of the Electoral Act amendment is vital for credible elections.
The opposition governors also lamented “the continued state of insecurity in the country, persistent and ceaseless flow of Nigerians’ blood on a daily basis in many parts of the country and the near collapse of security situation.”
They expressed regrets that “Mr President is unwilling, from his recent comments discountenancing the proposals for state policing, to participate in reviewing the structural problems of tackling insecurity in Nigeria and urged Mr President to reconsider his position and consider decentralisation and restructuring of the security architecture as the most viable solution, together with proper arming, funding and training requirements for security agencies.”
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