Buhari rejects NASS bill on power to summon President, govs
President Muhammadu Buhari has vetoed the Constitution Amendment Bill regarding the ability of the national assembly to summon the President and state governors.
The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, dropped the hint during Tuesday’s plenary session when he lamented the President’s refusal to sign the constitution amendment bill and 18 others.
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President Buhari approved 16 of the 35 constitution amendment bills sent to him for approval by the National Assembly on Friday of last week.
Lawan informed the Senate in plenary of the president’s action, stating that of the 35 constitution amendment bills sent to the president in January, only 16 were approved.
According to the President of the Senate, the most noteworthy of the sixteen approved bills was Fifth Amendment Bill Number 6, which provides for the financial independence of State Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary.
From the exclusive list to the concurrent list, Lawan listed others that focus on power devolutions in the areas of moving railway services, correctional centres, and power generation and distribution.
Nonetheless, he pledged that the 19 bills that were not approved by the President would be vigorously pursued by both chambers of the National Assembly.
Buhari rejects NASS bill on power to summon President, govs
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The first of these 19 bills not assented to by the President was the Fifth Alteration Bill Number 24, which sought an Act to Amend the Second Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Empower the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to Summon the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Governors of States to Answer Questions Regarding Matters Over Which the National and State Houses of Assembly Have the Power to Decide.
The President also refused to sign Fifth Amendment Bill Number 7, which sought to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in order to compel individuals to obey or comply with legislative summonses.
Other significant ones include:
Fifth Amendment Bill Number 29, which aimed to provide for a State of the Nation and State of the State Address by the President and Governor, was defeated.
Fifth Amendment Bill Number 22 proposed an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Specify the Period Within Which the President or Governor of State Must Present the Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly or House of Representatives.
Fifth Amendment Bill No. 30 proposed “An Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to Include Former Heads of the National Assembly in the Council of State.”
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Fingerprints, identification, and criminal records were proposed to be moved from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List by Bill Number 14, the Fifth Amendment Bill.
Fifth Amendment Bill Number 18, which aimed to “Amend the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Empower the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission to Enforce Compliance with Remittance of Accruals into and Disbursement of Revenue from the Federation Account and Streamline the Procedure for Reviewing the Revenue Allocation Formula.”
Fifth Amendment Bill 66, which sought an Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to Reflect the Establishment and Core Functions of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, etc.
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