Senator Kenneth Eze has denied media reports that he proposed a 16-year single tenure for president and other elected officials, insisting his remarks were part of an intellectual discourse and not a formal legislative agenda.
Senator Kenneth Eze has denied reports that he proposed a 16-year single tenure for presidents and other elected officials. In a statement by his aide Kizito Nwankwo, Eze said he never submitted any constitutional amendment to that effect.
“The remarks attributed to him were made during a broader intellectual discourse on governance stability,” the statement read. “At no time did Senator Eze sponsor, submit, or formally propose a constitutional amendment seeking to introduce a 16-year single tenure for the office of President.”
Eze maintained that Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution clearly provides for a four-year tenure renewable once. He described the claims as “misleading,” explaining his comments were exploratory and comparative in nature.
“To extract a fragment of a broader intellectual discussion and present it as a concrete legislative agenda is both misleading and unfair,” he said.
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