A Bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution and limit the tenure of an acting president or governor to a single term, passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday.








The amendment bill is sponsored by the deputy speaker and chairman, Special House Ad hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Yussuff Lasun.


The bill provides that no person who had held office of president or governor of a state, or acted as president or governor of a state for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president or governor, shall be elected to the office of president or governor of a state more than once.


The aim of the bill‎ is to give constitutional protection to the two term tradition as contemplated by virtue of the combined provisions of sections 137(1)(b) and 182(1)(b) of the Constitution.


These sections provide that the president and governor of a state shall serve in those capacities for a maximum period of eight years.


“However, the Constitution equally envisaged circumstances where a person can be chosen to act as president or state governor, such as when the president or a governor resigns, dies or is impeached,” Mr. Lasun said.


If passed, an acting president or acting governor who served for more than two years in a four-year term, shall only be eligible to contest election to the same office only once.


This proposed amendment, the deputy speaker said, was inspired by the 22nd amendment to the constitution of the United States of America.


It provides that “no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.


“And no person who has held the office of president or acted as president for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of president more than once,” Mr. Lasun added.


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Source: http://www.socialtimesng.com/2016/11/reps-move-to-bar-acting-president-governor-from-second-term/

Lalasticlala

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And someone is telling me pmb will be ousted come 2019....sebi na person wey dey contest dem dey oust thru voting?

All these aboki will play their game so well.

Seriously? At this time, this is the bill these guys consider important?

Misplaced priority. They should be considering legislation that will help us get out of recession quickly and not this silly proposal.

Is that all?...nansense!!!!

This issue should not be their major concern at this stage. What about if the acting ptesidentvor governor has the required capacity to move the nation forward?

Our leaders should look at more pressing issue other than the appointment of position (s).

princemillla:
And someone is telling me pmb will be ousted come 2019....sebi na person wey dey contest dem dey oust thru voting?

All these aboki will play their game so well.

How does this address the original post?

It won't work

Because even while Buhari is still alive, Osinbajo has served as "acting president"

So they should better rephrase the law they are proposing to read "substantive president, either elected or sworn in by cause of death"

Because we know that GEJ became substantive president on May 6 , 2010 after acting for several months during Yaradua's ill health.

gozzlin:


Osinbade has never held the position of acting president, you don't know what you are saying.

Mumu gozzlin, read news, they will not, clueless noisemaker

Buhari even communicated to the National Assembly that he was going on ten days vacation and will handover to Osinbajo.

It can't fly... Them no go gree

teebillz:
The Fear of GEJ rising popularity. They were jolted by the Sokoto events.

Sorry to disappoint you. Even without this bill. Gej will never smell that sit again. It's the fact. He has played his part in the history of this country.

They say this is a big rich town
I just come from the poorest parts
Bright lights, city life, I gotta make it
This is where it goes down

Lol

Nigerians are dying of hunger, this is the type of thing this legislators are busy focusing on. Amid this crisis

What a country
Trump got it right, we need recolonization

them no fit

......

Maybe they had a dream that the ceo of recession nig ltd will soon pass on and they dont want pastor shotty to be like GEJ

PMBNG:


Source: http://www.socialtimesng.com/2016/11/reps-move-to-bar-acting-president-governor-from-second-term/

incompetency is what I tag this.

The Fear of GEJ rising popularity. They were jolted by the Sokoto events.

Good move only if they Will not be bribed to reverse the move

good one. The should also include the president

Let's wait and see how it will unfold.

what we need is "five-year single term "

former governors should be barred from been elected senators, it's just insane, just don't understand how someone would govern a state for eight solid years and still have the insatiable urge to become a senator only to end up sleeping at the chamber

Awon Weere

saint047:
They say this is a big rich town
I just come from the poorest parts
Bright lights, city life, I gotta make it
This is where it goes down

. Power

Jonkies

Dem dey fear Yar-Adua part 2 and its consequences!