Presidential terms in West Africa: Only Ghana, Nigeria operating 4-year tenure?

Ghana has yet to undertake any major amendment of its current supreme law, the 1992 Constitution; making it one of the longest constitutions in West Africa. Nigeria on the other hand has made some amendments to its 1999 Constitution over the years.

The two countries have, however, kept fidelity to the four-year presidential tenure over two terms, meaning a president can serve a maximum of eight years.

Across the region, however, countries are running presidential terms ranging between five and seven years.

In this report, we analyse the current data as relates to presidential terms across the West African region with a view to verifying whether indeed Ghana and Nigeria are the only countries with four-year presidential terms.

Read GhanaFact’s full report titled: “FACT-CHECK: Is the 4-year presidential term in West Africa unique to Nigeria and Ghana?”