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Written by Nan<\/span> Friday, 29 July 2011 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n

The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) yesterday disagreed with opposition parties including the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s proposed six-year single term for president and state governors.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Abuja, Chief Sam Nkire, the PPA National Chairman, lauded the proposal as a welcome idea as it would encourage zoning and give every part of the country a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy with this development and I am strongly advocating for it. If the six-year single tenure comes alive, it means all the constituencies will be fully represented,\u2019\u2019 Nkire said.<\/p>\n

The chairman said the four-year tenure in practise had made political office holders to hold on to power for too long without making good impact in the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical office holders stay in office for eight years and in the end they have nothing to show for it. I will suggest that the president and governors should not stay for more than one term in office.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The PPA chairman also threw his weight behind the Islamic banking and called on Nigerians to embrace the non-interest banking which, he said, would save the country\u2019s present economic situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be the first person to open an account with the Islamic bank the day it is introduced in this country. I see nothing wrong with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will first of all, look at the terms of banking and if I like it, I will go ahead to open an account with them.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Nkire urged Nigerians to avoid sentiments and embrace the non-interest banking system, arguing that commercial banks\u2019 interest rates were high, \u201cwhich is causing a collapse in the economy.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIslamic banking system does not automatically convert you. So, I urge Nigerians to see it in that light and let development take place.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

However, other opposition political parties yesterday said the proposal by President Jonathan for a single tenure of 6 years for the offices referred to was ill-conceived and self-serving, and aimed at overheating the polity.<\/p>\n

CPC\u2019s spokesman Rotimi Fasakin said his party viewed the development with \u201cutter disgust\u201d while ACN described the single-tenure proposal as \u201cdeceptive\u2019\u2019. A statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said: \u201cThe single tenure project is fraudulent and deceptive because the President never for once promises Nigerians during his electioneering campaign that this will be his priority project once elected into office.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is also not known to be in the manifesto of his party, the PDP,\u2019\u2019 the statement said. The statement also described the proposal for the amendment of the constitution as \u201cself-serving\u201d and a \u201cmisadventure,\u201d the party added<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan in an address at the PDP National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on yesterday reiterated his earlier position on tenure elongation, stressing that his tenure would end in May 2015.\u00a0 (NAN)<\/p>\n

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