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As Bala Mohammed Calls for His Return to PDP
- Safiu Kehinde
The 2023 Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called for a 5-year single term for President in Nigeria.
Obi made the call during his courtesy visit to Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Friday.
The former Anambra state governor maintained that there shouldn’t be any second tenure for president.
He added that instead of the four-year tenure, it should be five years as practiced in South Korea.
“I’ve said it and I want to say it again in this government house that 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.
The 2027 presidential hopeful reiterated his pledge to only serve for one term if elected President.
He promised that he won’t spend a day longer than four years in office.
Obi added that if given the opportunity to serve Nigeria, he would ensure that every political party functions properly.
The ex-Anambra governor said he would ensure that political parties were bigger than the elected people.
“I want the party to be bigger than the president and the governors so that we can have orderliness,” he said.
In his remark, Bala called on Obi to come back to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), saying that that’s where he belongs.
“We want you to come back to PDP. Please come back because that is where you belong.
“We want you to be in PDP, there are plans, desires and strategies,” he said.
Bala further 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.