Escalation Point: President Jonathan Takes National Assembly To Court

According to The Cable, President Goodluck Jonathan has pleaded with the Supreme Court to void any attempt by the national assembly to pass into law the amended 2015 constitution. 
It will be recalled that the president rejected the bill, citing 12 errors in the amendment. 

According to the president: “The amendment did not meet the provision of Section 9 (3) of the constitution which talks about the need for four fifth of the National Assembly to agree with the amendment.”

Section 9 (3) of the Constitution reads:

“An Act of the National Assembly for the purpose of altering the provisions of this section, section 8 or Chapter IV of this Constitution shall not be passed by either House of the National Assembly unless the proposal is approved by the votes of not less than four-fifths majority of all the members of each House, and also approved by resolution of the House of Assembly of not less than two-third of all states.”

The rejected amended constitution granted approval for the separation of the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation from that of Minister/Commissioner of Justice."

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