Nigeria: Heavyweight opposition to third term

Heavyweight politicians and other notable Nigerians, yesterday (March 10), stoutly rose against Thursday's decision by the Constitution Review Committee on the 1999 Constitution to extend the two-year tenure of executive office holders at the federal and state levels. The Committee, chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu had given elected officers at those levels the opportunity of holding office for three terms of four years each.