President Goodluck Jonathan has
rejected amendments to the 1999
Constitution by National Assembly. A
top government official who pleaded
anonymity revealed that Jonathan has
vetoed all the amendment.
The official said the decision of the
President not to sign the document was
because the amendment did not meet
the provisions of Section 9 (3) of the
1999 Constitution.
"The President has vetoed the
constitution amendment and he has
sent it back to the National Assembly.
“The amendment did not meet the
provision of Section 9 (3) of the
constitution which talks about the need
for four fifth of the National Assembly
to agree with the amendment,”
the government official told Punch in
Abuja.
Section 9 (3) of the Constitution reads:
“An Act of the National Assembly for
the purpose of altering the provisions of
this section, section 8 or Chapter IV of
this Constitution shall not be passed by
either House of the National Assembly
unless the proposal is approved by the
votes of not less than four-fifths
majority of all the members of each
House, and also approved by resolution
of the House of Assembly of not less
than two-third of all states.”
The rejected amended constitution
granted approval for the separation of
the office of the Attorney-General of the
Federation from that of Minister of
Justice to entrench more accountability.
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