Analysts Call for Term Limits for Lawmakers

A growing chorus of political analysts and scholars is calling for constitutional term limits for Nigerian lawmakers, warning that indefinite tenures are eroding legislative effectiveness, encouraging corruption, and stifling democratic accountability.

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The critics argue that the absence of a term cap for members of the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly has enabled some lawmakers to entrench themselves in power for decades. This lack of turnover, they say, fosters complacency, reduces responsiveness to constituents, and creates a toxic culture of political entitlement.