The lawmakers led by a House member representing Lagos State under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Wale Raji, identified the need for reducing the cost of government and robust policy debates among others as some of the reasons for their quest for Nigeria to return to the parliamentary system, PUNCH reports.
Members of the House of Representatives numbering about 60 are reportedly seeking amendments to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transition the country from presidential system to the parliamentary system of government.
The lawmakers led by a House member representing Lagos State under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Wale Raji, identified the need for reducing the cost of government and robust policy debates among others as some of the reasons for their quest for Nigeria to return to the parliamentary system, PUNCH reports.
A parliamentary system of government is a government where the head of government who may also be the head of state derives legitimacy from his/her ability to command the support (“confidence”) of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which he/she is accountable.
The demand for transition by the lawmakers came at the heel of uproar in the country over the astronomic rise in cost of living and hardship which experts have said are orchestrated by the removal of fuel subsidy, devaluation of Naira and other harsh economic policies.
Opposition political party members like the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, amongst others have been calling for a cut in the cost of governance by the President Bola Tinubu-led government.
