A invoice looking for to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system of presidency handed second studying on the Home of Representatives on Thursday.
The invoice seeks to determine the workplace of the Prime Minister as Head of Authorities and the President as Head of State.
The proposed laws was among the many 32 constitutional modification payments handed by the lawmakers throughout a plenary session presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.
The proposed laws, sponsored by Minority Chief Kingsley Chinda and 59 others, seeks to change the 1999 Structure to introduce a parliamentary framework that may shift govt authority from the President to a Prime Minister elected by the legislature.
The invoice is titled: *”A Invoice for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Present for the Workplace of the Prime Minister as Head of Authorities and the Workplace of President as Head of State and to Present for a Framework for the Mode of Election to the Mentioned Workplaces and for Associated Issues.”*
Recall that Nigeria beforehand operated a parliamentary system within the First Republic, with Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa serving as Prime Minister and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe because the ceremonial President.
The system, which lasted from 1960 till the 1966 army coup, allowed govt authority to reside within the Prime Minister, who was chosen from the bulk social gathering in parliament, whereas the President served because the Head of State.
In February 2024, some 60 members of the Home of Representatives sought amendments to the 1999 Structure to transition from the present presidential system to the parliamentary system of presidency.
Led by a lawmaker representing Lagos State below the All Progressives Congress, Wale Raji, the lawmakers recognized the necessity to scale back the price of authorities and foster strong coverage debates, amongst different causes, for demanding a return to the parliamentary system.
The lawmakers, drawn from totally different social gathering affiliations, anchored their positions on the necessity to undertake a parliamentary system on the Federal, State, and Native Authorities ranges.
