Reps wants single term for acting president, gov

A bill on the eligibility of an acting President
or Governor for two terms of office passed
second reading at the House of
Representatives on Wednesday.The
constitution amendment bill addresses a
situation whereby the Vice-President or the
Deputy Governor of a state takes over the
office as acting President or acting Governor
in the event of the death of the President/
Governor, resignation, impeachment or
permanent disability. .
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It provides that where the acting president or
governor holds the office in that capacity for
more than two years, he shall only be entitled
to a single term of four years in the event of
an election and not two terms of eight years.
It provides that where the acting president or
governor holds the office in that capacity for
more than two years, he shall only be entitled
to a single term of four years in the event of
an election and not two terms of eight years.
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The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker
of the House, Mr. Yussuff Lasun, who doubles
as the Chairman, House Ad Hoc Committee on
Review of the 1999 Constitution.
His explanatory notes read, “No person who
had held office of the President or Governor of
a state or acting as President or governor of a
state for more than two years of a term to
which some other person was elected
president or governor, shall be elected to the
office of President or Governor of a state more
than once.” It added, “The aim of the bill,
which has scaled the first reading on the floor
of the House, is to give constitutional
protection to the two-term tradition.