Majalisar Wakilai ta Nijeriya ta kata kuri wani bill da ke neman muddar aure shekaru shida ga shugaban kasa da gwamnonin jihohi. Bill din, wanda Honourable Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP, Imo) da wasu majalisu 33 suka gabatar, ya kasa samun amincewa a lokacin karatun sa na biyu a ranar Alhamis.
Bill din ya himmatu a kan canje-canje da dama a cikin kundin tsarin mulkin 1999 (as amended), wanda ya hada da canje-canje a sassan 76, 116, 132, 136, da sauran su. Ya nemi tsarin zaben shugaban kasa da gwamnonin jihohi ya kai shekaru shida, tare da tsarin mizanin tsakanin yankin Arewa da Kudu na kasar.
Ugochinyere ya bayyana cewa manufar bill din ita haifar da rage kudaden mulki da kuma inganta tsarin gudanarwa na kasar. Ya kuma ce bill din zai sa dukkan zabuka a kasar su gudana a ranar guda, wanda zai sanya tsarin zabe ya kasar ya zama mara kyau.
Wannan ba karo na farko ba da majalisar wakilai ta kasa ta kata kuri bill irin wannan. A shekarar 2019, wani bill da Honourable John Dyegh daga jihar Benue ya gabatar, ya kasa samun amincewa a lokacin karatun sa na biyu. Dyegh ya ce bill din zai sa mambobin majalisar wakilai su samu karin gogewa a shekaru shida maimakon shekaru hudu.
Tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa, Atiku Abubakar, da gwamnan jihar Anambra, Chukwuma Soludo, sun goyi bayan kiran da ake yi na muddar aure shekaru shida ga shugaban kasa da gwamnonin jihohi.
