President GEJ refuse to sign Constitution Amendment, sues Senate and House of Reps

Countdown to the formal handover of President GEJ to Gen Buhari and there has been a lot of heated debate for Mr President to sign the constitution amendment before leaving office but he has bluntly refuse to sign and even went ahead to sue Senate and House of Reps.

According to the translation of this amendment if signed, will whittle down some executive powers of the President and give more power to the legislature and judiciary.

If amended, it means there are some decisions and actions the president can't take without the consent of the National Assemly and there will be decisions the National Assembly can take without the consent of the president. Like I said, GEJ could sign this and walk away but instead he refused to sign it. He wrote a 7-page letter to the Senate explaining why he declined to sign the document into law.

"In view of the foregoing and absence of credible evidence that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Act 2015 satisfied the strict requirements of Section 9(3) of the 1999 Constitution, it will be unconstitutional for me to assent to it. I therefore withhold my assent and accordingly remit Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Act 2015 to the Senate /House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

It seems the National Assembly are more deliberate to see this signed and they are saying that after 30 days, if the president doesn't sign the amendment, they will override his veto and go ahead to make the amendments.