Nigerian Presidency Should Be One Term Of Five Years Like South Korea’s — Obi

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has advocated a single term of five years for the office of the President of Nigeria.

Obi said this would make the occupier know that they have a job to do within the limited time available.

He said this was the practice in South Korea, where the president cannot seek re-election after a single term of five years in office.

‘If I have the opportunity, we should stop having a second tenure for presidents. It should be five years,” Obi said when he paid a visit to the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday.

“That is what is in South Korea, so people come in and know that they have a job to do,” he added.

The former Anambra State governor said the practice of governing for one year and using the remaining years in office to plan for re-election should stop.

“What people do now is to be president for one year and use the rest of the year thinking about the next tenure. Let’s stop it, let’s face the real job,” he said.