The legislators announced this at the end of a closed-door meeting the members held on Wednesday in Abuja.
Senate President, Senator David Mark who presided over the plenary said “we are law makers and will not be law breakers. We are not just lawmakers, we are very senior responsible citizens and very senior lawmakers.”
Mark, however insisted that the Senate will not be taken for granted.
The senators had on Tuesday vowed to begin the process of overriding the President’s veto today, by taking the first reading of the bill to adopt the gazette of the controversial amendment Bill.
It will be recalled that Jonathan had in a letter dated April 13, addressed to Senate President David Mark and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, announced his decision to reject the Constitution (Alteration) Bill 2015.
He had cited perceived deliberate attempts by federal lawmakers to whittle down presidential powers and their failure to strictly adhere to constitutional provisions on the amendments to Section 9 of the constitution by observing four-fifths majority support in each chamber before it could amend it.
The president had further argued that the National Assembly only observed two-thirds majority support for the amendment instead of four-fifths stipulation in the constitution before amending the section.
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