Lead Specialist Development Consultant at the international Development Organizations Dr. Abu Sakara Foster is advocating for a Six (6) year tenure for every government to enable them complete projects.
According to Dr. Sakara a tenure of one term is extended to six years in office it will be sufficient for every government. He was making his point based on the continuous experience of government abandoning projects initiated by their opponent which should have been continued for the benefit of the ordinary citizens.
Dr. Sakara said, “Attribution- new government want their own manifesto laden projects and are reluctant to complete projects attributable to their ousted opponent”.
“Creating new opportunities for Rent-seeking behavior by political leaders, with the irresponsible signing of new contracts in the last year of their tenure of office”.
“A short term of 4 years tenure is insufficient to conclude very large projects. Six (6) year tenure of one term in office is proposed”?
“Again, some policy reforms are needed. More importantly, a referendum will be required to:
A) Extend one term of office from 4 years to 6 years
B) Ensure 5-year segments of a long-term 40-year national development plan is followed with some but limited latitude for adjustment.
The liberal use of party manifestos is the major source of contract cancellation. If all manifestos were synchronized with the long-term plan in 5-year segments there would be no need for cancellation of contracts”.
Below is his full statement
Stop the diversion of public funds down judgment debt drain.
Judgment debt is a major avenue for wasting (diverting) significant amounts of our limited funds.
It has happened with every administration throughout the fourth republic.
It is indeed a serious drain on national finances and occurs too frequently and predictably.
To stop it we must focus on the cause of the problem.
There are at least three main driving factors;
1. Attribution- new govts want their own manifesto laden projects and are reluctant to complete projects attributable to their ousted opponent.
2. Creating new opportunities for Rent seeking behaviour by political leaders, with irresponsible signing of new contracts in the last year of their tenure of office.
3. A short term of 4 years tenure is insufficient to conclude very large projects. Six (6) year tenure of one term in office is proposed.
Again, some policy reforms are needed. More importantly a referendum will be required to:
A) Extend one term of office from 4 years to 6 years
B) Ensure 5-year segments of a long term 40-year national development plan is followed with some but limited latitude for adjustment.
The liberal use of party manifestos is the major source of contract cancellation. If all manifestos were synchronized with the long-term plan in 5-year segments there would be no need fo cancellation of contracts.
Punishments for cancellation should begin by suing the officials at the point of cancellation not years later. Such suits should include political leaders that sign contracts in the last months of their last term of office if it is obvious that those contracts are unbudgeted in that last year’s budget.
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