Nigerian president pushes to expand presidential term

[CNN]

The term of service for the president should be extended from its current four years -- renewable once -- to a single term of "a little more than four years," Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in a statement.

[MyInfoStride]

What is the justification for it?

[emezico]

President Jonathan shouldn't be talking about elongation of presidential term, now. Nigeria is facing security challenges (Boko Haram), epileptic power supply, unemployment, poverty, just to mention a few.

Those challenges should be addressed first, not elongation of presidential term.