President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a constitutional amendment that stops a vice president who completes the term of a president from contesting for the office of the President more than once.
The same is applicable to a deputy governor who completes the term of a state governor. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.
Enang said, “I just want to inform you that His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari today (Friday) assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill which grants financial authonomy and independence to the Houses of Assembly of the respective states and to the Judiciary of the respective states.
“The other one is Bill 16 which is now an Act. The intent of that Act is to ensure that where a Vice President succeeds the President and where a deputy governor succeeds a governor, he can no more contest for that office more than one more time.
"The effect is that having taken the oath of President once, he can only contest one more time and no more. That is the intent of this amendment.
“The other amendment is Bill 9 now an Act which gives the Independent National Electoral Commission sufficient time to conduct by-election. It has increased the time from seven to 21 days and generally widen the latitude of the INEC to handle election matters upon vacancy.
“These four bills, added to the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act, have now been assented to by the President and have now become laws. The Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended is hereby further amended by the assent of the President to these bills today.”
From Daily Post
*So how many times can a sitting President Stay on as President?
This pmb ehn....
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ReplyDeleteHanhan eyin eyan what concerns military blood with this sensible bill being pass to law now? Once naija's hate you, everything you do becomes suspicious
Delete@deenity,you are so right. Some people dont just see the good in somethings just bcos its buhari.
DeleteIt doesn’t make sense to run for President more than once after initially completing the tenure of a President. If this amendment had been in place Jonathan wouldn’t have had to stand for election a second time. So the amendment is a step in the right direction..
ReplyDeleteThe bill is about vice president, not the president.
DeleteYou forget Jonathan was once Vice President. After Yar’Adua’s death he completed his tenure then won a reelection then ran again in 2013.
DeleteGood one. I loff it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good amendment that should have been adhered to for long..am not Buhari's nephew but he has done a good job on this....any other thing Na mitcheew
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Stella please check the headline...theres something off. Please use grammarly to help proof read for errors
ReplyDeleteIts a good thing,it will curb the excesses of leaders who want to remain in aso rock forever.good morning stella and lovely blog visitors..
ReplyDeleteIt's a good move, according to the constitution an individual is only allowed to spend maximum of 8years as the president.
ReplyDeleteNice
ReplyDeleteSo Goodluck can not contest again?
ReplyDeleteThis is actually for Atiku. But I kinda like the bill. Nice one PMB.
ReplyDeleteHe's also making this law for Fayose's deputy who is running for Ekiti guber.
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