Having practiced presidential system for over 21 years, we can see that this system of government is clearly not working for Nigeria. There are too many political appointees from the president down to the local government chairmen at the executive arm and also from the senate president down to the floor members of the two chambers at the federal level, as well as the Houses of Assembly which are sucking too much resources of government.
Also, most governors are not allowing dividends of democracy to get down to the grassroots by hijacking funds meant for local councils.
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The running cost of our system of government is too much and there are also too much bottlenecks in government operations with too many duplications here and there.
Nigeria certainty has no business running two chambers of parliament that are doing the same work. Let us take advantage of the forthcoming constitution review to have a serious talk about the system of government that best suits our country.
In a parliamentary system of government, the prime minister, who is the head of government, is also a member of parliament and can be questioned on any burning issue in the country when the parliament is in session, thereby promoting good governance, accountability and transparency.
If we revert to the parliamentary system we will be saving for the country the much needed funds to cater for our security agencies who are in dire need of resources to tackle various security problems.
A parliamentary system will also douse the current agitations in various parts of the country.
Usman Abdullahi – [email protected]
