Major changes to the 1999 Constitution have been proposed by a group of 35 MPs known as the Reformers. Among these changes is the addition of a single six-year term for the governors and the president.
Additionally, the legislators want to change the Constitution to add two vice presidents, one from each of Nigeria’s northern and southern regions.
The group has put out a significant idea that involves rotating the presidency among the six geopolitical zones and holding all elections on the same day.
The lawmakers, led by Ikenga Ugochinyere, briefed the media on Monday at the National Assembly. They stated that they had presented fifty proposed amendments and that six of the measures had been scheduled for the House floor.
“Constitutional Amendment to provide that the President and the 1st Vice President shall come from the same part of the country (north or south) and the 1st Vice President shall become President whenever the President becomes incapacitated, i.e., V.P. (Succession), V.P. (Administration and Economy),” Ugochinyere said.
According to Ugochinyere, the country’s Constitution revealed a significant gap that has to be fixed.
