Oyo Speaker Harps On Six-year Single Tenure For President, Governors

Tuesday July 15, 2025
By TheNewsDESK |

The Chairman of Nigerian Conference of Speakers and Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker, Right Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, on Tuesday said a six-year single tenure is desired in Nigeria now.

Ogundoyin asserted that the current four-year tenure had left a lack of continuity in good policies and policy inconsistency, thereby hampering Nigeria’s development.

The speaker stated this while speaking during the July edition of the monthly live programme of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS), Ibadan, tagged the ‘Guest of the Month’.

According to Ogundoyin, governors used the larger part of their four-year tenure for politicking instead of focusing on governance.

He noted that with a six-year tenure, there would be less distraction, proper planning, more time for governance, and an emphasis on policy rather than politicking.

He said, ”The bane of Nigeria’s development is its kind of politics. Political officeholders with a four-year tenure have to study the system; they would use some part for politics and little time for governance. This prevents us from discussing long-term development plans. The next person who comes will not continue with the policies of the previous administration. That is how good policies will die. We cannot have development without proper planning.”

When asked if he would support a six-year single tenure canvassed by Governor Seyi Makinde, he said: ”The governor does not speak anyhow. He speaks intentionally with facts. With a six-year single tenure, there would be less distraction, proper planning, and more time for governance, because years of politicking would be eliminated. Let’s focus on the six-year single tenure and not worry about stomach infrastructure.”