{"id":67503,"date":"2025-06-07T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67503"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:08:56","slug":"makinde-backs-single-six-year-term-for-elected-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/07\/makinde-backs-single-six-year-term-for-elected-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Makinde Backs Single Six-Year Term for Elected Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Cross Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has advocated for a single five or six-year term for elected public officials, arguing that the current two-term system distracts leaders with re-election concerns and limits effective governance.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists shortly after Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Ibadan, Makinde said a one-time mandate would enable elected leaders to concentrate fully on delivering their promises without the pressure of preparing for another campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out of eight years, we effectively govern for just about five,&#8221; the governor remarked, highlighting the disruptions that come with seeking a second term.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde urged Nigerians to rally behind the proposal, which is reportedly under consideration by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The Eid prayer session was also attended by Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal and several Muslim leaders, who offered prayers for continued peace and progress in Oyo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cross Stone Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has advocated for a single five or six-year term for elected public officials, arguing that the current two-term system distracts leaders with re-election concerns and limits effective governance. Speaking to journalists shortly after Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Ibadan, Makinde said a one-time mandate would enable elected leaders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67505,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67503\/revisions\/67505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}