The House of Representatives has proposed to make a single tenure of six years for presidents and governors and also moved to create the office of two vice presidents from the Southern and Northern parts of Nigeria.
CUPP made the statement through it’s national spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere
He said, “We should not be afraid to meet and discuss our problems, challenges, fears, aspirations, and prospects as a people,” We should not discuss in fear and we should never fear to discuss,”Today, we are taking a crucial step that will further strengthen our understanding, expand the frontiers of our inclusiveness, deepen our bond as one people under God and build a stronger support that will deepen our democracy and electoral system. We are once again, at the threshold of history.
There is no doubt that our country is in desperate need of a long-lasting solution to our poor economic situation, insecurity, disunity, weak institutions, weak health and education sector, corruption in public sectors, and waste of state resources. We have now reached a critical phase where what is at stake is the very survival of Nigeria as one political and economic unit. We must rise to the challenge, and what we do with this opportunity given to us by our people matters a lot.
“The reduction in government spending and wastage, efficiency in governance, and national stability by providing a single term of six years for the President and Governors. “To amend section 162 of the 1999 Constitution to provide that where a State Government fails to remit to the Local Government Councils within its jurisdiction , the amounts standing to the credit of that Local Government in the allocation from the Federation account, such State Government shall not be entitled to receive a future allocation from the Federal Government.
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