President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the revisions made to the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly, The PUNCH has learnt.
A top government official, who argued namelessness, told our reporter on Tuesday that Jonathan vetoed the revision on Monday.
The authority said the choice of the President not to sign the record was on account of the revision did not meet the procurements of Section 9 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.
The source clarified that with the arrival of the record by the President, the letter going hand in hand with it may be perused on the floors of the two councils of the National Assembly at whatever time from Wednesday (today).
He said, "The President has vetoed the constitution alteration and he has sent it back to the National Assembly.
"The alteration did not meet the procurement of Section 9 (3) of the constitution which discusses the requirement for four fifth of the National Assembly to concur with the revision."
Segment 9 (3) of the Constitution peruses:
"An Act of the National Assembly with the end goal of modifying the procurements of this segment, area 8 or Chapter IV of this Constitution should not be gone by either House of the National Assembly unless the proposition is sanction by the votes of at least four-fifths dominant part of every last one of individuals from every House, furthermore affirmed by determination of the House of Assembly of at the very least two-third of all states."
The rejected corrected constitution conceded regard for the division of the workplace of the Attorney-General of the Federation from that of Minister/Commissioner of Justice.
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