omowolewa:
Immunity from what?!
Are they afraid of voting criminals who need immunity.

They should do so for the Speaker of each state house of Assemblies and Judges too. They should flow it down to the Chairmen too. They should immune INEC chairman and commissioners too and probably the service chiefs.

Kari-ile immunity.

TonyeBarcanista:
That will be Dead on Arrival. They will require 2/3 majority votes from at least 2/3 of the 36 State Houses of Assembly. The whole thing won't fly! I can bet that the States will kill it! Useless criminals

Ioannes:


How is that possible? the law doesn't work that way bro. the President has to sign it into law. That's why there are three arms of government, to check and counter balance one another.

charlsecy:

Can't the Assembly force the law into being by two-thirds votes?

charlsecy:

Can't the Assembly force the law into being by two-thirds votes?

Themandator:



The law works that way, Bro. If the president refuse to assent to a bill, the law say they wait 60 0r so days and get 2/3 vote to make it an act

Ioannes:


they can actually. another thing that needs to be amended in our constitution.

chukwudi44:
Madam stop saying what you don't know!!

chukwudi44:
That is actually needed to check the excesses of the president.

Ioannes:


No sir, they cannot override the President. even they know that. why don't you do some research and find out yourself. you can use Google.
*modified*
you are actually right. they can override the presidency by 2/3 majority vote.

modath:


They will continue to mess with us till we actually take our destinies into our hands & march to the NASS to show them our collective will as a nation...

bayocanny:

I concur, I'm so ashamed of my dear nation

chukwudi44:
I intend to make this as simple as possible, S.58 of the 1999 Constitution provides for the mode of exercising legislative power in general as follows:

(1) The power of the National Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and, except as otherwise provided by subsection (5) of this section, assented to by the President.

(2) A bill may originate in either the Senate or the House of Representatives and shall not become law unless it has been passed and, except as otherwise provided by this section and section 59 of this Constitution, assented to in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(3) Where a bill has been passed by the House in which it originated, it shall be sent to the other House, and it shall be presented to the President for assent when it has been passed by that other House and agreement has been reached between the two Houses on any amendment made on it.

(4) Where a bill is presented to the President for assent, he shall within thirty days thereof signify that he assents or that he withholds assent.

(5) [b] Where the President withholds his assent and the bill is again passed by each House by two-thirds majority, the bill shall become law and the assent of the President shall not be required [\b]

Mee234:

I guess u have done Ur research. It is in extreme cases and no president will allow himself to be override. the president will lose so much hence alternative solution to such impasse

Ayostically:
when Nigerians are seeking to remove immunity totally from the system, these polithiefcians are worming themselves into the shade of it.
these polithiefcians never think of the common msn, just themselves and their pockets.

honestly, I think its high time the masses match to the NASS and let these people know what we want

Ioannes:
I guarantee the President won't sign that.

chukwudi44:

2/3 of the NASS is only required.

LMAyedun:

The way we Nigerians talk ehn!! We talk as if we don know we are in a country where shocking things happen.. You seat behind your computers shouting "It can't work, It can't happen, Bubu won't sign it, Bubu will never assent to it" Watch and see.
Nigeria is a lawless land, liltle wonder some people call her a Zoo.

dklex:



Pls let us arrange for a date am available, nonsense. Immunity Ko, immunisation ni.

Ioannes:
I guarantee the President won't sign that.

TonyeBarcanista:

This amount to Constitutional amendment and not Ammendment of Act of the Parliament. You don't have to argue sir!

At least 2/3 State Houses of Assembly MUST sanction it