Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Nigerian presidency should be single term of 5 years – Obi

Peter Obi

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has recommended a single term of five years for the presidency in Nigeria.

Obi said this when he visited the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday.

According to him, a five-year term, which is the practice in South Korea, would make the president conscious of the fact that they had a limited time to do their job.

Peter Obi and Governor Bala Mohammed
Peter Obi and Governor Bala Mohammed

“If I have the opportunity, we should stop having a second tenure for presidents. It should be five years.

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

“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,” Obi stated.