The Senator representing Kwara north, Sadiq Umar has explained why the senate failed to override the president Buhari when he failed to give consent to the electoral bill.
According to him, the senate do not at all believe the president after he refused to grant the consent. He made this known while addressing journalist in Ilorin on Friday, the 24th of December, 2022.
He said;
“What happened was that after the national assembly passed the electoral amendment act, the president wrote back to us giving reasons why he could not assent to it.
“We believe some of the reasons, some we don’t. For the senate, we were ready to override the president at that time.
“For us, we were prepared to do what we wanted to do but given our rules and constitutional provision, even if we eventually overruled the president in the senate, it would have been null and void, because there has to be concurrence by the two chambers.
“So, the senators also bought into the decision of the green chamber to consult with our people so that when we resume, we will do what the people want us to do or what we think is best for Nigeria.”