Atiku Reacts To Rejection Of 6-Year Single Term Proposal By House of Reps

Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has condemned the rejection of six-year single term proposal by the House of Representatives.

Atiku in a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe on Monday, December 17, expressed displeasure over the action of the lower house.

The former vice president maintained that the action of the lawmakers was “at the expense of the larger interest of the country.”

According to Atiku, the six-year single term would have ended untoward practices in Nigeria’s electoral processes. He opined that the desperation for a second term by incumbents makes free and fair elections impossible especially as they have access to public funds, unlike their opponents.

He said: “Six-year single term would remove such desperation and enable the incumbents to concentrate on the job for which they were elected in the first place.”

“I don’t agree with the logic that eight years would give elected leaders a better opportunity to fulfil their campaign promises. An inherently incompetent incumbent will perform below average even if you give him/her 20 years in office or give him or her $20 billion dollars.” According to him, it is not how long a man spends in the office, but how well he is adequately prepared for the job.