The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has advocated for a 5-year single term for the President in Nigeria.
He recently revealed that he does not believe that there should be a second term for any elected president.
Speaking in Bauchi on Friday during a courtesy visit to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, Obi disclosed that rather than a four-year term, it should be 5 years, as practised in South Korea.
According to him, if a 5-year single term becomes the reality in Nigeria, more elected presidents will assume the position, knowing that they will only get one opportunity.
He stated that politicians, nowadays, only work for one year and focus on securing reelection in the remaining 3 years.
“I’ve said it and I want to say it again in this government house that if I have the opportunity, we should stop having a second tenure for president.
It should be five years straight, so that people can come in knowingly they have a job to do.
What people do now is to be president for one year and use the rest of the years thinking about their next tenure. We must stop it, let’s face the real job, do your own and go,” he said.
The ADC member maintained that if he is elected in 2027, he would serve only one term, vowing not to spend a day longer than four years in office.
Obi concluded by saying that if given the opportunity to serve Nigeria, he would make sure every political party functions properly.
“I want the party to be bigger than the president and the governors so that we can have orderliness.
We want you to come back to PDP. Please come back because that is where you belong.
We want you to be in PDP, there are plans, desires and strategies,” he added.
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