{"id":714638,"date":"2019-10-02T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/buhari-has-no-intention-to-seek-third-term-in-office-presidency\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T09:06:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T09:06:43","slug":"buhari-has-no-intention-to-seek-third-term-in-office-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/buhari-has-no-intention-to-seek-third-term-in-office-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Has No Intention To Seek Third Term In Office: Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_470025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470025\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-470025 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garba-Shehu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-470025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garba Shehu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The presidency has debunked claims that President Muhammadu Buhari will amend the constitution in order to seek a third term in office.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by Garba Shehu, a senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity on Tuesday, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to the presidential spokesperson, Buhari is a democrat and is only interested in serving his second and only term after which a general election will, wherein Buhari will not be a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidency wishes to correct internet-based gossip and un-informed media commentary regarding presidential term limits, given credence by so-called support groups, staging street demonstrations asking President Buhari to do a third term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no circumstances \u2013 nor set of circumstances \u2013 under which President Buhari may seek to amend the Constitution regarding the two-term term limit on holding office as President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Buhari Is Nigeria\u2019s Best President Since 1960: MURIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Buhari intends to serve his full second elected term in office, ending 2023 \u2013 and then there shall be a general election in which he will not be a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to note that there was a past attempt to change the Constitution to allow for the-then incumbent president to stand for a third term. That attempt was wrong, unconstitutional \u2013 and rightly rebuffed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Buhari is a democrat. He respects the Constitution. Any activity aimed at altering the two-term limit will not succeed and shall never have his time nor support.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garba Shehu The presidency has debunked claims that President Muhammadu Buhari will amend the constitution in order to seek a third term in office. This was made known by Garba Shehu, a senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity on Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the presidential spokesperson, Buhari is a democrat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":703201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buhari Has No Intention To Seek Third Term In Office: Presidency - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/buhari-has-no-intention-to-seek-third-term-in-office-presidency\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Buhari Has No Intention To Seek Third Term In Office: Presidency - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Garba Shehu The presidency has debunked claims that President Muhammadu Buhari will amend the constitution in order to seek a third term in office. 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