{"id":363286,"date":"2025-08-24T15:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=363286"},"modified":"2025-08-24T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:04:43","slug":"pat-utomi-backs-peter-obis-one-term-presidency-proposal-says-two-terms-wasteful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/24\/pat-utomi-backs-peter-obis-one-term-presidency-proposal-says-two-terms-wasteful\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Utomi backs Peter Obi\u2019s one-term presidency proposal, says two terms wasteful"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Utomi recalled that Obi had long championed a one five-year term, rotating among Nigeria\u2019s six geopolitical zones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He insisted critics doubting Obi\u2019s sincerity were only being mischievous, stressing the position was consistent for over two decades.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A political economist, Pat Utomi, has urged Nigeria to adopt a one-term presidency to stop leaders from wasting eight years in office.<\/p>\n<p>Utomi made this known in an interview with BusinessDay Television while reacting to Peter Obi\u2019s pledge to spend only one term if elected president in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>He said Obi\u2019s position did not surprise him, noting that the former Anambra governor had consistently pushed for a single-term rotational presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows how little attention people pay to details of matters,\u201d Utomi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not surprised at all to hear Peter Obi say that, because for years before the last election, Obi\u2019s mantra was that one of the first things he would do if elected in 2023 was to ensure a one-term rotational presidency,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that Obi had long advocated for a single five-year term, rotating among Nigeria\u2019s geopolitical zones.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, doubts about Obi\u2019s consistency on the matter are misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was his mantra in 2002 and 2001. He talked about this. That if he was elected, he would move quickly to one five-year term rotating across geopolitical zones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why would anybody now begin to say they doubt it? He said it long before this scenario of now came up. People are just mischief makers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utomi argued that two presidential terms encourage waste and slow progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, I don\u2019t know why this obsession with two terms. ICAN has a one-term system, it rotates, and everybody seems to be happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is there this obsession with spending eight years doing nothing? Most of them do nothing \u2014 just destroy a country in eight years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said a one-term system would be better for national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally would actually vote for a mandatory one-term. It\u2019s not my idea, it\u2019s Peter\u2019s idea, and I would support it. Not because it\u2019s his idea, but because it makes sense given this obsession with two terms,\u201d Utomi declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNon-performing people waste the lives of others for eight years. I think after four or five years, you should move on and let new thinking try their bit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utomi recalled that Obi had long championed a one five-year term, rotating among Nigeria\u2019s six geopolitical zones. He insisted critics doubting Obi\u2019s sincerity were only being mischievous, stressing the position was consistent for over two decades. 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