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April 05, 2006

Obasanjo willing for third term

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo will consider standing for a third term, his spokesman has confirmed.

Femi Fani Kayode was responding to a US newspaper report in which Mr Obasanjo said God would decide whether to extend his time as president after 2007.

Mr Kayode told the BBC this decision would not be decided by God alone and that there were other considerations, like amending the constitution.

The current constitution only allows presidents to stand for two terms.

Mr Obasanjo has not previously said in public that he wishes to stand for a third term.

The issue has divided the ruling People's Democratic Party and Nigerian public opinion.

God's role

The National Assembly is due to consider more than 100 proposed constitutional amendments, including whether to extend the president's term in office from two to three terms.

Asked about a report in the Washington Post that quoted Mr Obasanjo as saying that God would play a part in helping him decide whether to stand again, Mr Kayode confirmed the president had referred to God in this way.

But he said it was "not accurate to put it in the context in which it was put that it would be decided by God, as if to say there were no other considerations".

"We are not ashamed of that fact that we are a nation of believers... we believe that God rules in the affairs of men," Mr Kayode told the BBC's Network Africa programme.

"What he said is that God is not a God of abandoned projects. What he was referring to are the economic policies of this nation. What he's referring to are the economic reform programmes that this administration has set in place," the spokesman explained.

"It does not necessarily mean that that means that God is going to use him in the future."

Rotation

Mr Obasanjo has not publicly said he wants to stand for another term, but there has been speculation that behind the scenes he is trying to secure a third term.

Supporters of Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who is thought to be eyeing the presidency, oppose moves to change the constitution.

Opponents of the constitutional change argue that the presidency needs to rotate among people from different regions and ethnic groups.

Recently, a majority of Nigeria's state governors agreed that a constitutional review was necessary within the life of the current administration.

Posted by Publisher at April 5, 2006 12:37 PM

Comments

Enough for Mr. President for staying in power beyond 2007 will not give him a good respect.

Posted by: kwalika at April 7, 2006 10:57 AM

I DON'T KNOW WHY OBJ IS STILL SEEKING TO BE THE PRESIDENT FOR THE 3RD TIME, WHERE THERE ARE SOME PART OF THE COUNTRY WHICH HAVEN'T TASTED THAT SEAT FOR A SECOND. MEANWHILE, I'M DEEPLY ASHAMED, THAT OUR ELDERS WHO OUGHT TO BE THE WISER ONES AND WHO ARE GODS TO US THE CHILDREN(IN AFRICAN CULTURE)ARE MISBEHAVING,THINKING,ACTING LIKE UNTAMED ANIMALS.

HOWEVER, MAYBE OBJ IS AFRAID OF LIFE AFTER PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE KNOWS, HE GOT SOME SKELETON IN HIS POCKET AND REGARDING HIS POLITICAL TOOLS THE EFCC, HE SHOULD STOP USING HIS DOGS TO ATTACKS THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST HIS THIRD TERM AGENDA. FURTHER, PEOPLE LIKE IBB,MANTU,ESELU,MBADINUGU ETC ARE THE ABOVE EFCC AND NIGERIA.

MORESO, SINCE THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA, OBJ IS ONE THE BEST PRESIDENT I HAVE EVER WITNESS BUT HE SHOULD REPECT HIS PERSONALITY AND NEVER GO FOR THE 3RD TERM. MEANWHILE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT OBJ IS TOO GOOD BUT HE HAS PERFORM A LITTLE BETTER THAN PASS PRESIDENT.

LASTLY, I QUOTE "IF OBJ RIGGED THE ELECTION FOR 2007 AND BECOME PRESIDENT , HE IS LIKELY TO DIE, I SAID DIE IN POWER OR HE WILL CAUSE OR LEAD TO ANOTHER CIVIL WAR IN THE COUNTRY."

THANKS.

I' M MARK IGWEZE, 19YRS OF AGE AND SPEAKING FOR THE YOUTHS AND NIGERIA AS WHOLE.

OBJ LISTEN" WISE MEN THINKS OF THE INPUT AND THE RESULT MANY TIMES BEFORE TAKING A DECISION".

LET'S MAKE NIGERIA A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL.

Posted by: IGWEZE EBELE at April 19, 2006 08:37 PM

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