The upper chamber of the National Assembly yesterday vowed to override the President on the alteration of the Constitution, claiming that the Supreme Court does not have the powers to prevent it from conducting its constitutionally enshrined legislative duties.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and Public Affairs, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, made this known in reaction to the ruling of the Supreme Court on the matter brought before it by the Presidency, challenging the recent constitution amendments enacted by the National Assembly but vetoed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Delivering judgment on the matter last Thursday, the apex court directed that the National Assembly should maintain status quo in its bid to amend the Constitution.

The Senate spokesman confirmed speculations which had suggested that the National Assembly intends to override the President on the alteration to the constitution, when he insisted that, “The Supreme Court is wrong. The law does not allow one arm of the government to stop another arm of government from performing its duties. 

“The Supreme Court cannot stop us from legislating and if they say that the Supreme Court is stopping us from making laws, it is misleading and it amounts to misreading the powers of the Supreme Court,” he said.