The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has reversed the ruling by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, on the move by the parliament to override the veto by the President, on Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022.
The National Assembly had amended the section to provide for statutory delegates at the meetings, congresses and conventions of political parties.
Wase had on Tuesday stepped down the motion moved by a member of the House, Ben Igbakpa, to ask that the parliament invoke its powers under Section 58(5) of the 1999 Constitution by overriding the President’s veto on the bill.
The Deputy Speaker had argued that the House could not override the veto through a motion but a reconsideration of the bill.
