Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has advocated a single term tenure for governors, president and other elected political office holders.
He stated that this would allow them enough time to do everything they have in mind within a single term instead of thinking about second term.
The governor said this in Wednesday, at a dinner in honour of the national executive of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), to flag off their retreat in Ibadan. He also called on Nigerians to pray for those in positions of authority, noting that politics is over and that it is time for governance.
“Here in Nigeria, every four years, just like most democracies around the world, we come together as a nation to choose our leaders. I also listened to our Baba, the National President of PFN. He said the leadership of PFN has just finished the first half of its tenure. I just learnt that there is no second term in PFN.
“Maybe, we need to learn one or two things from that arrangement for our nation. I am a supporter of a single term structure. As a matter of fact, I didn’t want a second term and I told the fathers of faith that, look, four years may not be long enough to do everything that you want to do, but it is long enough to make your own impact and go your own way.
“But maybe, if we have the opportunity to discuss this, I think a five or six-years single term will really be enough for most of us to do whatever it is that we are supposed to do,” the governor added.
