Single Term Not Enough For Governance, El’Rufai Hits Amaechi, Obi

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has stated Rotimi Amaechi and Peter Obi should desist from making one-term promises because no one believes them. 

El-Rufai stated this when he appeared on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme.

It is worth recalling that Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Amaechi have both stated that they will only serve one term if elected president in 2027, insisting four years is enough to reset the country.

Reacting, El-Rufai stated that Obi and Amaechi should understand from experience that four years is not enough to deliver meaningful reforms.

“Now, on the question of people coming out and saying, ‘I will do one term’, I don’t think anyone believes that,” el-Rufai said.

“I don’t think it is right. You should not constitutionally give up what is yours. And frankly, as someone who has been governor for eight years, and Amaechi and Peter Obi have both been governors, they know the time it takes to make meaningful change in government. Four years is not enough.”

He stated that politicians who pledge to serve only one term eventually have a change of mind once elected.

“So, I want to appeal to everyone to stop making these commitments of ‘I will do four years’ or ‘I will do eight years’, because nobody believes you,” he added.

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