Why did president Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria wanted to go for another 4 yeard term as president of Nigeria ?
449943
Cause he is still popular and wants to continue increasing his wealth.
171980
He never wanted the job.  He simply wanted to show the country that we didn't only have to choose Democrat or Republican nominees and ideologies.  He also had a plan that would have balanced the budget along with ways to fix a number of other problems.  He had these plans written down in black and white and explained them well.  This is why he would have won if he hadn't jumped out.  However, he jumped out because he didn't want the job.  The reason he got back in was because he got frustrated that even still, neither republican nor democrat were moving past the politics to actually try and fix things.  He thought he could make our country a better place and felt then that it was his duty to try.  Our country could have been in a much better place than it is in today.
1166656
I agree - he would be an excellent President for as long as he chose to serve, however it's not up to him. The Constitution would have to amended, as it currently does not allow anyone to serve more than two elected terms in office, so he will have to retire as of January 20, 2009. Currently, the longest tenure that anyone could serve in office would be three terms - that is if the President died on Inauguration Day, his Vice President would be eligible to serve out the rest of that term, plus two more terms, if he were to be elected on his own. This came about in the late 1940's and early 1950's, as Republicans wanted to prevent anyone from serving as long as Franklin D. Roosevelt did (who served just a tad more than 12 years, dying early in his 4th term).
607544
The present political logjam in Nigeria is about the costitutional debate at the national assemblies on tenure extension which will give the present president another 4 years to rule.
658765
no, when it was all said and done he will still go down in history as one of our GREATEST PRESIDENTS. i wish presidents could have more than 2 terms because i would have voted for him again!
1019435
Nigeria joined OPEC because it is now one of the worlds leading oil producers, and has vast natural reserves.\n\nUsing this potential correctly could lead to a huge upturn in the economy, which is currently plagued with corruption and scandal.
430689
Because he came before the law limiting Presidents to two terms.  Up until that point, it was just an unofficial rule, accepted because Washington served two terms.  Since he was elected to four terms, his opposing party made the law as soon as they had control of congress.
901354
One would hope the only reason a person would seek the job as president would be because they feel a difference could be made through their service. No, I'm not man enough for the job... but then again too few of the presidents we have elected have been either.
908675
Unless he and his inside little group have attached legislation to the outrageous crap they have just enacted (the covert disassembling of the constitutional law disallowing the use of US Armed Forces against their own people)  ---that allows him to run for a THIRD term---he will not be able to run again for the office of President\nBUT--with the use of his new laws---he can always opt to run for the country's very first DICTATOR position !!!!
96605
Running for what office? You can obviously run as much as you want if you're not successfully elected. \n\nA U.S. president can only be elected for two terms total, if that's what you mean.
178340
Wow! These liberals never cease to amaze me.\n\nNo, a President cannot remain in office after a second term for ANY reason. Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment states:\n\n"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term."\n\nNow, the danger lies in electing someone like Al Gore or John Kerry whose main concern is what the United Nations thinks. Both have stated that they would work in close cooperation with the United Nations. And if you think we have problems now, wait until Kofi Annan is calling the shot in our country.
787919
They may serve up to two 4-year terms\n\nAfter the primaries and convention select the candidates, tehy run on the national level
477098
Maybe he was trying to become President of the US?
828276
A U.S. president cannot become vice president if he serves more than 2 terms because if something were to happen to the president, the vice president would be first in the line of succession to become the next president.  Example:  Say Vice President Cheney were elected president.  He cannot select current President Bush to be his vice president because President Bush would have already served 2 terms as president and could not serve another term as president if something were to happen to President Cheney.  Not sure about Speaker of the House.
91494
As some people have said, if a vice president were to take over at least two years in the presidency, they can run for election twice. So if a vice president were to serve for 2 years as President (due to an assassination or resignation, etc) then he can run for another two terms (8 years)\n\n2 + 8 = 10 years\n\nPossible, but improbable.
690222
No.  The Constitution states that a president can only serve two terms, regardless if it is consecutive or not.  President Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms as 22nd and 24th president, therefore he could not have run for a third term.  The same applies to all other future presidents.
458075
To be a target for the locals to kidnap.  My trips to that wonderful country have been busy with trying to find a way around the corruption, in-fighting, threats and keeping your self healthy.  \n\nI would say keeping the production of oil moving and keeping the government Officials well supplied in what they need to keep you operating with out Military interruptions.  The lack of Military presence and sometimes the presences of the military keep the operations from moving.  \n\nNothing in Nigeria works like other society in the world. If you can make a project or operations work there you can go anywhere.