Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has called for a single five-year term for Nigeria’s president.
Obi made this statement in Bauchi on Friday during a courtesy visit to Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed.
According to him, there should be no second term for the president, and instead of four years, it should be five years, as is customary in South Korea.
“I’ve said it, and I want to say it again in this Government House: 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 suggested.
Obi, a presidential candidate for 2027, has stated that if elected, he will only serve one term and not exceed four years in office.
He also pledges to ensure that all political parties function properly and that political parties do not outnumber elected officials.
“I want the party to be bigger than the president and the governors so that we can have orderliness,” he said.
In response, the Bauchi state governor called on Obi to come back to the Peoples Democratic Party, saying that’s where he belongs.
“We want you to come back to the PDP. Please come back because that is where you belong.
“We want you to be in the PDP; there are plans, desires and strategies,” he said.
Mohammed also said that politics in Nigeria could not be done with ego, differences and personal interest, while calling on all oppositions to harmonise their interests in the interest of Nigerians.
