{"id":2192,"date":"2024-11-21T18:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T18:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:03:23","slug":"video-lawmakers-reject-6-year-single-term-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/video-lawmakers-reject-6-year-single-term-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"(VIDEO) Nigerian Lawmakers Reject 6-Year Single Term for President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lawmakers Reject 6-Year Single Term for President\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvfwHqmbYx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch, Like, Share &amp; Subscribe to our Youtube Channel&#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives has rejected a proposed bill seeking to introduce a six-year single term for Nigeria\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, sponsored by Ikenga Ugochinyere from Imo State and 33 other lawmakers, was dismissed during Thursday\u2019s plenary session after failing to pass its second reading.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed legislation also included a six-year term for governors, rotation of executive powers among the six geopolitical zones, and other constitutional amendments aimed at promoting equal representation and reducing agitation for state creation.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the 1999 Constitution provides for a four-year presidential term with the possibility of re-election for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also sought to amend Section 3 of the Constitution to recognize Nigeria\u2019s division into six geopolitical zones, create the offices of two vice presidents (one each from the North and South), and consolidate all elections\u2014including presidential, governorship, and legislative\u2014on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>However, the House unanimously rejected the bill after Speaker Tajudeen Abbas called for a voice vote, with the &#8220;nays&#8221; overwhelmingly outweighing the &#8220;ayes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HON IKENGA UGOCHINYERE, FED LAWMAKER IMO<br \/>\nHON TAJUDEEN ABBAS, SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE)END<\/p>\n<p>Source: Swifteradio.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Watch, Like, Share &amp; Subscribe to our Youtube Channel&#x2764;&#xfe0f; The House of Representatives has rejected a proposed bill seeking to introduce a six-year single term for Nigeria\u2019s president. The bill, sponsored by Ikenga Ugochinyere from Imo State and 33 other lawmakers, was dismissed during Thursday\u2019s plenary session after failing to pass its second reading. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}