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bloomberg.com ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President, Senator
Ike Ekweremadu, has reiterated the need for a six-year single term for the President of the country and the state governors,
saying it was imperative for Nigeria to emulate Mexico in this regard.

According to him, Nigeria and Mexico have a lot to learn from each
other, since they have a lot in common in vast territories, presidential and federal systems.

He also expressed the National Assembly’s commitment to strengthen institutions
of democracy, such as state Houses of Assembly,
and equally stressed the need for autonomy for local governments across
the country and state Houses of Assembly.

Speaking, yesterday, in Abuja when he received Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Ambassador Garcia
Moreno Elizondo, who paid him a courtesy visit on the fringes of the 57th independence anniversary celebration, Ekweremadu said the move would guide against
state executives’ interference in the manner they
carry out their responsibilities, since he who pays the piper dictates the tune.

He said strengthening the nation’s local governments and parliaments would help to promote checks and balances as well as deepen the
nation’s democracy.

Ekweremadu said: "The National Assembly is committed to strengthening institutions of democracy, such as state Houses of Assembly, by placing them on first line charge so that their funds are guaranteed from the consolidated revenue funds from respective states.

nytimes.com ‘’This is so ensure they are independent of the state executives, since he who pays the piper, dictates the tune.

"I’m aware that Mexico runs a six-year single term Presidency, known as the Sexino.
This is something Nigeria will be looking at because
what we are doing now has a lot of difficulties.

"So, we are looking at the possibility of constitutional reform that can guarantee a single term so that the money we spend in running elections and the problem of chief executives struggling and concentrating to come back, using resources and instruments of state, can be overcome.

"We would like to hear more from you on how the single term works and
whether it has been beneficial to your system so that we
can also collaborate in that respect."

Ekweremadu observed that the states in Mexico had substantial autonomy and their respective constitutions.

He noted: "When we are talking about devolution of power, strengthening our federalism, Mexico is a place we can look
at.

"At present, we are trying to see what we can do to empower not just states, but also the local governments, so as to strengthen our federalism. And part of the things we are looking at is to get autonomy for the local governments, such that they are able to get their funds directly from the Federal Government to special accounts created by each local government.

"So they get their funding from the federation account straight to
their own account at the various states. I used to get my
funds directly from the Federal Government as a council chairman before 1999.
But in 1999, all that changed with the introduction of what
they call the Joint State/Local Government Account.

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