No extending President's tenure beyond 4 yrs, says Ihedioha
BY OKEY NDIRIBE, EMMAN OVUAKPORIE & IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA—Deputy Speaker and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday, maintained that nothing would compel the National Assembly to extend the tenure provision for the office of the President beyond four years. Ihedioha, who spoke at an event organized by Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, led by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, to review some of the proposed amendments to the constitution, said despite pressures on the legislative arm of government to elongate the tenure of the President to seven years, “we have unanimously rejected such proposal as doing so will be contrary to the wish of the people.” [caption id="attachment_291873" align="alignnone" width="412"] Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha[/caption] Highlighting the circumstances that informed the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly to dissociate ...