Why I’m not supporting Buhari – Yakassai
tells NASS to veto electoral act.
Elder statesman and Chairman of the
Northern Elders’ Council (NEC), Alhaji Tanko
Yakasai has condemned the refusal of
President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to
the Electoral Act Amendment bill.
Buhari had for the third time withheld his
assent to the bill.
Buhari in a letter transmitted to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Yakubu
Dogara dated December 6, 2018, published
by his Personal Assistant on Social Media,
Lauretta Onochie, on Saturday via Twitter,
explained that passing the bill could cause
“some uncertainty about the applicable
legislation to govern the process.”
The elder statesmen, speaking on the
development, urged the National Assembly to
take up the challenge of overriding President
Buhari.
Yakassai told ThisDay: “I hope members of
the National Assembly will summon the
courage to override the veto of the president
so that everybody will be elected on his own
merit.
“I don’t know why the president wants to
depend on the merit of others to get to
power. He can get to power on his own
merit and others can get to power on their
own merit.
“I did not support the position of the
president because I think it is important that
in this country, every person who is
contesting election, the mandate he gets is
his own mandate.
“Electing president along with members of
the National Assembly has not clearly
defined who has the mandate.
“In my opinion, a member, who is elected on
his own, the electorate gave him the
mandate to himself, not to anybody.
“When anyone is contesting as a president
or a governor, he should get his own
mandate separately so that when it comes to
the question of performance, people will
know who has performed, according to the
mandate given to him or who has not
performed. But if you join two people with
the same mandate, then you are neither here
nor there. So, that is the reason why I am
not in support of the position of the
president.”
Meanwhile, the refusal of President Buhari to
sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill has
attracted a lot of criticisms from many
quarters, including the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, the Coalition of United Political
Parties, CUPP, amongst others.
Source:
http://dailypost.ng/2018/12/10/im-not-
supporting-buhari-yakassai-tells-nass-veto-
electoral-act/
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