The Chief Spokesperson for the Peter Obi/ Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council for 2023, Yunusa Tanko, has emphasized that there is a greater need for reforming the electoral process at this time, compared to the proposed single-tenure rotational presidency, in order to enhance the depth of democracy.
Tanko stated this in an with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. According to the former National Chairman of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP), reforming the electoral process would guarantee the emergence of credible leaders across all levels of government.
Deepening democracy he said should be one of the key things to consider in the ongoing process to amend the constitution as it will guarantee the emergence of credible leaders.
“These( single tenure of six years and rotational presidency) are things that will be decided by the Nigerian people when the time comes.
“They are not things that should be at the front burner of discussions at the moment now.
“This is because what we need actually at the moment is for us to have an electoral reform that would dovetail into credible elections.
“Once we have that, we shall be talking about tenure of office,” Tanko said.
“Let us reform the electoral system to l make it clean and clear so that we can have credible elections,” he said.
