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Declined Bills: Senate set to override Buhari’s veto, reconsider PIGB, 10 others

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The Senate on Wednesday resolved to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on his rejection of a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to make it mandatory for the President and Governor of a state to lay the annual budget estimates before parliament, 90 days to the end of a financial year.

Similarly, the Senate said it would override the President’s veto on the Industrial Development (Income Tax Relief) Amendment Bill.

This comes as the upper legislative chamber said it would reconsider and pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill and nine other bills earlier rejected by the President and transmit same to him for presidential assent.

Equally, the Legislature resolved to withdraw four other bills rejected by the President and discontinue further legislative work on them.

This followed the adoption of the report of the Technical Committee on Declined Assent to Bills by the President.

Presenting its report, Chairman of the panel, David Umaru (APC, Niger), submitted that out of the 17 rejected bills it considered, 11 of them should be reconsidered and passed by the National Assembly, even as four others should be withdrawn while calling on the National Assembly to override the President’s veto on two bills.

 

OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja