Litmus:
I was first to suggest something like this. He suggests vice presidents but I suggested a board of presidents. I suggested that Nigeria shouldn't vote for a central president but vote for regional presidents. At the state level, you vote for two offices, gorvenor and vice gorvenor. The gorvenor will represent the state at the presidential board, while vice gorvenor runs day-to-day stuff. I felt also Nigeria should make use of the wisdom of traditional rulers. The most powerful traditional rulers will occupy a sort of lower house, with powers of ratification or something to this effect. Finaly, there should be a third tire of government, called people's house or chamber, occupied by union and student leaders. Members of the top house of government, the Board of presidents, will choose the chairman of the Board. This chairperson will be the nearest thing to a president, in the new system.

I have a more thorough idea of this someplace. The upshot is that we shouldn't be afraid to thinker with the idea of democracy or government styles.

thesicilian:
Nigeria is not a bank. 6 vice presidents will further increase the cost of governance, as each one of them will have to have fully furnished offices, official cars and personal staff.
And the current 4yr tenure is also good, so that whoever is not measuring up to standards can be voted out on time instead of having to endure 6 gruesome years.

nwakibie3:
"The tenure of office of the President shall be a single term of six years," Soludo said. "There shall be five Vice Presidents. One from each of the six geopolitical zones.”

A Nigerian economics professor and a former Governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on Monday called for a single term of six years for the country's presidents.

He made this call at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, Anambra State, while speaking at the south east summit on restructuring Nigeria.

He also suggested that the country should have five vice presidents, each representing a geopolitical zone.

Pointing out that presidents should serve for a single term and the years of the term should be extended from four years to six years, Soludo said: “The tenure of office of the President shall be a single term of six years.

"There shall be five Vice Presidents. One from each of the six geopolitical zones.”

Soludo’s comments come as a reawakening of calls by notable Nigerians for the restructuring of the country.

Also speaking at the summit was the President of the Ohaneze, John Nwodo, who called for equality in the affairs.

The summit was attended by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana; Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, former APGA Chairman, Victor Umeh; Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Niger Delta leader Edwin Clark, amongst others.

It was earlier reported that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) threatened to disrupt the summit on the grounds that Biafra is non-negotiable.

The statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, in Enugu tate threatening to disrupt the summit read in parts: “All we want is referendum not restructuring; we want Biafra not Nigeria.

"We have buried too many people; we have lost too many souls; we are pained by the innocent people that are still languishing in illegal detention all over Nigeria and we are enraged by the betrayal of those we call socio-political leaders. Only the total restoration of Biafra will suffice; anything else is mere waste of time.”


http://saharareporters.com/2018/05/21/nigeria-needs-five-vice-presidents-and-six-year-single-term-presidents-says-soludo

edwardACTIVIST:
Hahaha, that is common sense. I doubt if that will work. The tussle will be terrible especially with a clueless president like Bubu

IamaNigerianGuy:
Six vice-presidents is way too much. Imagine the political strife that will arise when they pit themselves against each other, against the president and against the governors. It will be bedlam.
A better idea will be to have been two vice presidents like south Africa has, but then the president can team up with the vice from his region to dominate the other.
The best solution then is one we arrive at by elimination: restructure the federation and devolve power from the center to the states. The presidency itself is not the thing. What is important is control of resources and access to economic opportunity and justice.

Gerrard59:
Makes no sense and to think he is an intellectual. What about a region like the south south where there are over 40 ethnic groups? What are the chances of an Ibibio individual compared to Ijaw/Benin/Kalabari/Atam? Why did he not say each ethnic group should provide a vice president? And to think he studied abroad, one begins to wonder, what did he learn?, Apparently, he learnt nothing!

aonag:


switzerland has 7.. nobody has died or complained of high cost of governance.. so what are we saying. ask me how much population they have? 9m approximately! so what are we not saying?

thesicilian:
Nigeria is not a bank. 6 vice presidents will further increase the cost of governance, as each one of them will have to have fully furnished offices, official cars and personal staff.
And the current 4yr tenure is also good, so that whoever is not measuring up to standards can be voted out on time instead of having to endure 6 gruesome years.

aonag:


switzerland has 7.. nobody has died or complained of high cost of governance.. so what are we saying. ask me how much population they have? 9m approximately! so what are we not saying?

thesicilian:

Personally I think the problem is not the structure, but the people. The same structure that everyone is clamouring for to be changed, is working well all over the world.

LadyExcellency:


But Nigeria is not working.

We need to do something differently for this country to work.

Doing the same thing and expecting different results is simply madness.

nwakibie3:
"The tenure of office of the President shall be a single term of six years," Soludo said. "There shall be five Vice Presidents. One from each of the six geopolitical zones.”

A Nigerian economics professor and a former Governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on Monday called for a single term of six years for the country's presidents.

He made this call at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, Anambra State, while speaking at the south east summit on restructuring Nigeria.

He also suggested that the country should have five vice presidents, each representing a geopolitical zone.

Pointing out that presidents should serve for a single term and the years of the term should be extended from four years to six years, Soludo said: “The tenure of office of the President shall be a single term of six years.

"There shall be five Vice Presidents. One from each of the six geopolitical zones.”

Soludo’s comments come as a reawakening of calls by notable Nigerians for the restructuring of the country.

Also speaking at the summit was the President of the Ohaneze, John Nwodo, who called for equality in the affairs.

The summit was attended by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana; Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, former APGA Chairman, Victor Umeh; Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Niger Delta leader Edwin Clark, amongst others.

It was earlier reported that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) threatened to disrupt the summit on the grounds that Biafra is non-negotiable.

The statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, in Enugu tate threatening to disrupt the summit read in parts: “All we want is referendum not restructuring; we want Biafra not Nigeria.

"We have buried too many people; we have lost too many souls; we are pained by the innocent people that are still languishing in illegal detention all over Nigeria and we are enraged by the betrayal of those we call socio-political leaders. Only the total restoration of Biafra will suffice; anything else is mere waste of time.”


http://saharareporters.com/2018/05/21/nigeria-needs-five-vice-presidents-and-six-year-single-term-presidents-says-soludo