{"id":715080,"date":"2019-10-02T18:27:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/four-years-too-small-for-any-president-to-perform-jonathan\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T18:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:27:43","slug":"four-years-too-small-for-any-president-to-perform-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/four-years-too-small-for-any-president-to-perform-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Years Too Small For Any President To Perform: Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_382970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382970\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-382970\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GEJ.png\" alt=\"Jonathan\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-382970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goodluck Jonathan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan\u00a0has said that the four-year term constitutionally given to Presidents is too short for them to perform.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cFour years is quite a short period for a country that is developing, for a person who wants to change the country to do much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president said this on Wednesday while speaking at the constitutional term limits summit in Niamey, Niger Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-president was quoted by TheCable as saying: \u201cWhen Professor Wade (Senegal) was in his last tenure he changed the constitution and extended the term limits from five to seven years. He thought he would win the election. But Macky Sall reduced it to five years. We must commend dynamic leaders like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no need for one person to sit for 14, years doing what? The country is not your personal estate. Countries are free to amend their laws. Just like the president of Niger Republic said, different nations have different ways of doing things, so it is better they have their own way of doing things. I agree to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost countries in Africa emulate America \u2013 that is a stable country, and take \u201cfour, four years\u201d like Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: You Are Insulting Nigerians With Your Planned Visit To South Africa: Fani-Kayode To Buhari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour years is quite a short period for a country that is developing for a person who wants to change the country to do much. In Nigeria, we just finished the election and some people are already talking about 2023 election. It is distracting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why some people come with the idea of a single tenure; so a president can sit down and plan all his programmes for the good of the country. We are too distracted with these elections. Why must we waste money every four years to elect a leader? Those are the things that agitate our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan\u00a0has said that the four-year term constitutionally given to Presidents is too short for them to perform. 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