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2007: No alternative to third term -PDP chieftain

Posted by By JACOB EDI, Abuja on 2006/01/02 | Views: 626 |

2007: No alternative to third term -PDP chieftain


A top notcher of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], Dr. Tony Mba Monday challenged critics of the alleged third term to proffer alternative solutions. Mba told journalists in Abuja that there was nothing wrong with the alleged third term that it is within the law.

A top notcher of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], Dr. Tony Mba Monday challenged critics of the alleged third term to proffer alternative solutions. Mba told journalists in Abuja that there was nothing wrong with the alleged third term that it is within the law.

'I don't see anything wrong with the third term. It is within the law. It is ironic that constitutional amendment was hitherto popular, how come it is no longer accepted?," He sought to know.

'Those who are challenging the alleged third term constitutional amendment for the president and governors should offer meaningful alternatives to the developmental challenges facing the country," he added.

The former guber aspirant from Enugu State noted that there was conspiracy by those displaced from government patronage and privileges by the introduction of due process mechanism of the Obasanjo administration.

'Most of the critics of this third term are frustrated with the on-going reforms of this government and they are teaming up on the platform of opposition to third term," adding that those goading religious leaders are all manipulations to distract the minds of Nigerians from the on-going changes.

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