The Deputy Senate President,
Senator Ike Ekweremadu has advocated six-year single tenure for president and
governors .
He said this will “to stop the
problem caused by the quest for second term.”
The DSP, who is also a chieftain
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, made the call in Nsukka on Friday during
the 3rd Adada Lecture organised by the Association of Nsukka Professors with
the theme “Restructuring and the Nigeria Youth.”
He noted that “single presidency
tenure of six years that rotates among the six geo-political regions will
promote unity and loyalty to the nation.”
He stressed the need to
restructure the county to enable regions to harness their resources outside
oil, “especially given that the black gold was undergoing shocks in the global
oil market.
“The market for crude oil is
reducing by the day as countries like Britain and France now have laws that
will ban the use of diesel and petrol cars by 2030.
“Also, many countries have
started using electric cars.”
He further called on youths in
the country to close ranks and support restructuring as it would create
employment and guarantee better future.
The lawmaker also explained that
restructuring would not divide the country as feared by some people but that it
would rather, strengthen and re-position the nation.
He identified ethnic and
religious sentiment, ignorance and fear of the unknown as some of the
challenges facing restructuring.
He said “ Restructuring with
devolution of power at the centre would reduce political tension as well as
make the centre unattractive.”
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