A Development Consultant and Public Affairs Analyst, Mr Jide Ojo, says six-year single tenure and rotational presidency will not solve the challenges currently confronting Nigeria.
Ojo states this on Sunday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while reacting to the rejection of a single tenure and rotational presidency bill by the House of Representatives.
NAN reports that the house had, at plenary on Thursday, rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for a single term of six years for the offices of the president, governors and local government chairmen.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo) and 33 others, also sought the rotation of the office of the president between the North and South, and the governorship among the three senatorial districts in each state.
NAN also reports that the proposed legislation seeks to alter…
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