Nigerian elections also have not proceeded without significant problems. Last month, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] announced his intentions to propose a constitutional amendment [JURIST report] that would provide a single, extended tenure for the president of Nigeria and its 36 governors. In March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] and the Nigerian Bar Association [association website] called for Nigeria's National Assembly to pass legislation creating a special electoral offenses commission [statement; JURIST report] tasked with investigating and prosecuting election-related abuses, including violence. In 2006, Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar [official profile; official website] was charged with more than a dozen counts of corruption [JURIST report] in the Code of Conduct Tribunal, a special corruption court that has the power to strip elected officials of immunity. The charges were related to the alleged diversion of $125 million dollars of public money to private interests, as well as allegations of receiving more than $4.6 million dollars in bribes.