The Senator representing Ebonyi Central zone and the Chairman Senate Committee on Information/Orientation, Kenneth Eze, has called for a nationwide debate on replacing the current two-term four-year presidential cycle with a single 16-year tenure.
Eze made the assertion yesterday at his Ohigbo-Amagu country home in Ezza-South local government area of the state. He argued that frequent elections disrupt governance and stall national development.
He said: “Every four years, we return to campaign mode, by the third year governance slows as attention shifts to re-election; that is why projects are abandoned, and policies are not allowed to mature.”
The lawmaker proposed that a single extended tenure, would free leaders from electoral pressures by allowing them to focus on long-term reforms in critical sectors such as power, infrastructure, agriculture, and fiscal policy.
