{"id":917278,"date":"2022-01-18T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T09:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/18\/override-buhari-or-delete-contentious-areas-pdp-governors-tell-nass\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T09:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T09:52:17","slug":"override-buhari-or-delete-contentious-areas-pdp-governors-tell-nass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/override-buhari-or-delete-contentious-areas-pdp-governors-tell-nass\/","title":{"rendered":"Override Buhari Or Delete Contentious Areas, PDP Governors Tell NASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836305\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-836305 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PDP-governors-e1642446629209-600x347.jpg\" alt=\"Electoral Bill: Override Buhari Or Delete Contentious Areas, PDP Governors Tell NASS\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pic.12. From left: Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue; Darius Ishaku of Taraba; Douye Diri of Bayelsa; Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa; Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Seyi Makinde of Oyo; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu; and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi States at the PDP Governor\u2019s forum in Port Harcourt on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the national assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the electoral act amendment bill or remove the provisions on direct primary.<\/p>\n<p>The governors\u2019 position is contained in a communique released on Monday after a meeting in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the president declined assent to the bill, citing concerns over the recommendation of direct primaries for political parties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0Electoral Bill: State Governors Not Against Direct Primaries \u2013 Governor Sule<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline  tdi_2_6ee td_block_template_1\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GiftCards-300x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gift Cards\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The opposition party governors said the national assembly must quickly commence work on the bill, adding that it is critical for credible elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PDP Governors requested the National Assembly to quickly conclude deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill either by overriding Mr President\u2019s veto or deleting areas of complaints,\u201d the communique reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meeting advised that the option of sustaining Mr President\u2019s veto would lead to a quicker resolution and would deny Mr President the opportunity to once again truncate a reformed Electoral jurisprudence for Nigeria. An early concluded Electoral Act is vital for credible elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pic.12. From left: Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue; Darius Ishaku of Taraba; Douye Diri of Bayelsa; Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa; Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Seyi Makinde of Oyo; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu; and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi States at the PDP Governor\u2019s forum in Port Harcourt on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}