The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has said that the Federal Government has three options after the Senate’s rejection of President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to amend the Electoral Act, 2022 signed recently.
Malami said this while speaking to State House correspondents on Wednesday shortly after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
He said the government had three options: asking the National Assembly for reconsideration, approaching the court or accepting the law as amended.
“The government has a lot of options to consider and exploit. One of the options is to demand the National Assembly to reconsider the section of the law. The other option is to look at it within the context and spirit of the law and see what it can do. And all these portions are on the table.
“No position has been conclusively taken on the part of the government. The government is reviewing; the government is looking and the government will come up with a position at the appropriate time if the need for further action is required. If there is no further need for such an action, the government will take it as presented.
“But no position has been taken by the government as of today with particular regard to what needs to be done on the part of the executive arising from the provisions of the Electoral Act in respect to which issues of conflict with the constitution were raised.”
