Calls for transition to parliamentary system grow in Nigeria

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdusamad Dasuki, has advocated for a shift from Nigeria’s current presidential democracy to the parliamentary system used during the First Republic. [ . . . ] Mid-February, talks of parliamentary democracy resurrected in Nigeria when a group of 60 lawmakers in the House of Representatives sought amendments to the 1999 Constitution to transition from the current presidential system to the parliamentary system of government. The lawmakers said the transition has become necessary to reduce the cost of government in the face of dwindling revenue. Titled, ‘The Bills Proposing Constitutional Alterations For a Transition To Parliamentary System of Government,’ the bill was sponsored by the House Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, and 59 others. The bill was read on the floor of the House during plenary in Abuja but has not progressed since the first reading about four months ago. Many prominent Nigerians have since joined the call for a transition to the parliamentary system of government.
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