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The Supreme Court has stopped the National Assembly from going ahead to enact into law the Fourth Alteration Act which seeks to amend the 1999 constitution.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), who presided at the hearing of a suit filed by the federal government to stop the National Assembly from overriding President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto on amendments to the constitution specifically warned the parties not to do anything that will affect the subject matter of the suit.
The court consequently adjourned the suit to June 18 when a new government would have come on board and the legislative session of the present National Assembly would have ended.
The Supreme Court’s order has effectively killed the threat by the National Assembly to go ahead to pass the amendments into law thereby rendering the whole amendments process, which gulped over a billion naira, a wasted exercise.
In order to stop the National Assembly from going ahead to pass the controversial amendments to the constitution, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) applied for an order of interlocutotry injunction restraining the lawmakers from taking any further step towards passing the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Act, 2015 into law pending the final determination of the suit earlier filed before the court.
The application, which was filed by the counsel to the AGF, Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN), was brought pursuant to Order 3 Rule 14 of the Supreme Court Rules as amended and had cited 12 errors in the proposed amendment.
The AGF premised the application on the grounds among others that the National Assembly was determined to proceed with passing the constitution by overriding the veto of same despite the fundamental nature of the issues raised against it.

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Supreme Court Of Corruption..... All of Una na One.... Both House of Assembly and Governors ..... Criminals

Aha....the judiciary is more powerful than both executive and legislative arms.

If only P. Yemi Osinbajo will grant financial independence to the judiciary at the state levels...things would improve

soe:
Aha....the judiciary is more powerful than both executive and legislative arms.

If only P. Yemi Osinbajo will grant financial independence to the judiciary at the state levels...things would improve

What power does Yemi Osibanjo have to grant financial independence?

PointB:
What power does Yemi Osibanjo have to grant financial independence?

that was his own input into the APC manifesto. And he has the capacity to influence that as the head of the economic team. Mind you?

soe:
that was his own input into the APC manifesto. And he has the capacity to influence that as the head of the economic team. Mind you?

Indeed!

So it is now influence, no longer grant?

You guys are on a long thing if you thought VP will make a difference. Wait until the CPC/ANPP wing of the coalition form their kitchen cabinet.
Welcome to #OneChance!

PointB:
Indeed!

So it is now influence, no longer grant?

You guys are on a long thing if you thought VP will make a difference. Wait until the CPC/ANPP wing of the coalition form their kitchen cabinet.
Welcome to #OneChance!

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