As the president returned the bill to the National Assembly with the signature page containing a photo-copied version of the signature of the Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa. The National Assembly is set to ignore an order from the Supreme Court to maintain status quo ante on amendments of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
You should note that last week, the Supreme Court stopped the National Assembly from going ahead to enact into law, the Fourth Alteration Act, which the federal legislature concluded on February 18, 2015.
In an April 13, 2015 letter addressed to Senate President, David Mark, President Goodluck Jonathan had vetoed some of the fresh amendments, saying they infringed on executive powers.
However, it was gathered at the weekend, that the two chambers of the National Assembly resolved to override the President’s veto on the amendments.
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