Osita Chidoka, a former minister of aviation, has proposed changing the Nigerian Constitution and electoral regulations to disqualify from office any presidential candidate who does not receive more than 50% of the vote in a general election.
On Wednesday, Chidoka, a leader in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made this claim during an appearance on the Channels Television programme Sunrise Daily.
He said that he was in a “serious minority” because of President Bola Tinubu’s electoral success, making it difficult for him to promote a “big agenda” like the elimination of the fuel subsidy and the consolidation of the country’s several foreign exchange windows.
In the event that no presidential contender receives more than 50% of the popular vote, the ex-minister proposed holding a runoff election.
Because “election of a President as 33% of the votes keeps the President in serious minority that makes it difficult to push big agenda,” he argued that the law should be changed so that any presidential candidate who doesn’t make 50 plus 1 of the votes cast in an election goes for a runoff.
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