Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said pledges by Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi to serve only one term as president are unrealistic.
Mr El-Rufai told Channels Television on Sunday that Nigerians do not believe such promises, and argued that four years is too short to deliver meaningful reforms.
Mr Obi, Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 election, has insisted he would only need a single term to “reset Nigeria” if elected in 2027.
Mr Amaechi, now of the African Democratic Congress, has also pledged to step down after four years to encourage political stability.
But Mr El-Rufai, who served eight years as Kaduna governor, said: “As someone who has governed for eight years, and Amaechi and Peter Obi have both been governors, they know the time it takes to make meaningful change in government. Four years is not enough.”
He added that politicians who make such pledges often change their minds once in office.
Mr El-Rufai also defended his support for power shift to the South in 2023, saying it was part of an agreement reached within the All Progressives Congress.
