The single term presidency of six years proposed by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has sparked debate among Nigerians. Atiku, a 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, had called for a single term of six years presidency for Nigeria.
He proposed that Section 135 should be amended to read: “Subject to the provisions of the subsection , the President shall vacate his office at the expiration of a period of six years commencing from the date of swearing-in.” In response to the call of the National Assembly for inputs in its ongoing move to review the 1999 Constitution as amended, Atiku said the office of the president should rotate among the six geopolitical zones of the Federation.
' Atiku's proposal worth considering - Afenifere On his part, the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Comrade Jare Ajayi, said Atiku's proposal is worth considering. Ajayi told DAILY POST: 'There are four main issues in the propositions put forward by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. “The first is to have a single term of six years for the President and Governors.
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