Failed 3rd Term Bid: Obasanjo says Governors Wanted It, Reveals Their Reason
- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has opened up on the failed attempt to amend the 1999 constitution for a third term
- Obasanjo said some state governors during the time in 2006 were interested in the third term agenda
- According to the former president, the governors wanted the third term because they would have a chance to extend their tenure too
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken again about the failed third-term agenda during his second term in office.
Recall that in 2006, a bill to amend the 1999 constitution and extend term limits failed to pass at the national assembly.
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Obasanjo said some state governors were involved in the failed third-term agenda because they wanted it for themselves, TheCable reported.
Speaking during a chat with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo, the former president said some governors were interested in extending their tenure by four years.
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Reacting to the failed third term bid, Obasanjo said:
“The governors, some of them, were doing it for themselves.
“Because if the president did a third term, they too would have had a chance for a third term.”
While addressing allegations of embezzlement against him, he said his specialty raising money and not embezzlement.
He added that people who can’t match his acumen should stop castigating him.
What Nigeria must do to grow: Obasanjo offers important counsel
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said the nation must consider both genders for the position of president if it wants to grow.
Obasanjo spoke on Thursday, June 8, at the 5th edition of the Egba Dialect Debate and Choral Competition for Secondary Schools in Ogun Central Senatorial District, in Abeokuta.
Tinubu mocks Obasanjo, reveals 1 thing ex-president failed to do that Buhari has done
Legit.ng also reported that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a veiled comment, shaded former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, for their failure to recognise and honour June 12, 1993 election and its winner, Chief MKO Abiola.
Tinubu then went ahead to commend former President Muhammadu Buhari for recognising Abiola and the June 12 election while describing the outgoing president as "Mr. Democrat".
“My era made good choices of leadership”, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians in his era made better decisions in selecting their leaders than what is in place in this current dispensation.
He stated this at the National Daily Awards held on Friday, May 12, in Lagos state.
Source: Legit.ng
