Ghana's presidents must serve for five or six years, former President John Agyekum Kufuor has reiterated.
Mr Kufuor, President of Ghana from 2001-2009, in his last days in office, suggested to parliament an increment of the presidential tenure because the stipulated four years was not “enough for any new administration to implement policies†that will bring about drastic transformation and it he still holds this view.
Speaking at an International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS) conference in Accra on Thursday, the former president argued that the current four-year term limits leaders from executing their plans effectively  and could not guarantee “any mark of development and transformationâ€.Â
According to him, once the tenure is increased, the President can use the first few years to grasp what is expected of him before rolling out his policies with the remaining years.