{"id":7462,"date":"2026-01-06T10:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:04:12","slug":"presidential-terms-in-west-africa-only-ghana-nigeria-operating-4-year-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/presidential-terms-in-west-africa-only-ghana-nigeria-operating-4-year-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential terms in West Africa: Only Ghana, Nigeria operating 4-year tenure?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the region, however, countries are running presidential terms ranging between five and seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read GhanaFact\u2019s full report titled: \u201cFACT-CHECK: Is the 4-year presidential term in West Africa unique to Nigeria and Ghana?<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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