₦airaland Forum

Parliamentary system of government is still better than this rubbish we practise.

At least, the political offices get to reduce.

What's this?


I don't gerrit!



@hotseat

fergie001:
A Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to return the Country to a Parliamentary System of Government has passed a second reading at the House of Representatives.

The Minority Leader and Reps member representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency, Kingsley Ogundu Chinda (PDP - Rivers) & 59 others in their proposed bill advocate the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government.

"A Bill for An Act to alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government and the Office of the President as Head of State and to provide for a framework the the mode of election to the said offices and for Related Matters (HB. 1115)."

Everyone just dey play with this exercise. Smh

Bunch of confused people

Tinubu nor go gree this one

zero8zero:
The Senate will kill this one, it won't get to the final stage.

No matter how good it may seem, it's like taking us backwards.

It's like the entire legislative arm is high on TNT .

What's with all these bills of late, both beneficial and ridiculous ones?

Rubber Stamp Gluttonous Hypocrite, Senseless Irresponsible Insensitive Indisciplined Unserious Dubious & Fraudulent lawmakers

They go soon create bill of public toilet washing

Jobless people

wink2015:
Goodluck Jonathan could not achieve anything for his people and for the south south.

What a pity !

what concerns jonathan with issues at hand. what has your own father achieved for Nigeria, is he not a man like jonathan.i dont know why some of you come to nairaland talking nonsense at all times.

Lol
These people are now confused

This has become a complete circus

I'm surprised zombies are not attributing this to Jagaband

fergie001:
A Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to return the Country to a Parliamentary System of Government has passed a second reading at the House of Representatives.

The Minority Leader and Reps member representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency, Kingsley Ogundu Chinda (PDP - Rivers) & 59 others in their proposed bill advocate the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government.

"A Bill for An Act to alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government and the Office of the President as Head of State and to provide for a framework the the mode of election to the said offices and for Related Matters (HB. 1115)."

More confusions loading....

Nigeria has not managed well the presidential system, they want to complicate it the more.
Ok, kwontinu

Political bills up and down. Playing games. What bills for the common people? Housing, police pension reform? Etc

Una wan cause more chaos ooooo

zero8zero:
The Senate will kill this one, it won't get to the final stage.

Before or after the Dollars change hands?

Tinubu wants to do 16 years through this.

chiefolododo:
Is the prime minister appointed or elected? Who is more powerful between the president and the prime minister?

Good question. Let me ask you, who was Nigeria's first president? Was it Nnamdi Azikwe? Why was Tafawa Balewa, the PM targeted during the coup?

It is the system of government that gives the PM or President powers.

The title president and prime minister are rarely interchangeable terms for the same position. The differences between the two, however, can vary greatly depending upon which countries you're trying to compare.

Although the differences between the positions can vary greatly from country to country, there are a few generalizations that can be made. For example, a president is usually considered a head of state, whereas a prime minister is usually a head of government.

As a head of government, a prime minister usually leads the operations of the government. As head of state, the president acts as the chief public representative of the country and often performs many ceremonial duties such as welcoming foreign dignitaries to the country when they visit. In many countries, the president is the commander-in-chief over the armed forces.

Another major difference is how a person gets to be either president or prime minister. For the most part, presidents are elected by the people. Prime ministers, on the other hand, tend to be members of a legislature that chooses them to be its leader.

The exact powers and duties of either a president or a prime minister will depend upon the particular country they serve, as well as the system of government and laws in that country. For example, a prime minister in a country that also has a president will often have fewer powers than a prime minister in a country in which a monarch is the head of state.

So Akpabio can become the Prime Minister if the members of parliament choose him. When German President visited Nigeria, the Chancellor, Olaf Scholz was not here. It was the President that came. Olaf Scholz succeeded Angela Merkel and you know who you could remember between Merkel and their President then. The German president is not the head of government but he also has powers, it's like making a Governor General when the British ruled or a monarch's equivalent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmRL3jSwPE

Every avenue to loot and re loot is welcome

fergie001:
A Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to return the Country to a Parliamentary System of Government has passed a second reading at the House of Representatives.

The Minority Leader and Reps member representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency, Kingsley Ogundu Chinda (PDP - Rivers) & 59 others in their proposed bill advocate the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government.

"A Bill for An Act to alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government and the Office of the President as Head of State and to provide for a framework the the mode of election to the said offices and for Related Matters (HB. 1115)."

Why dont we have presidents for the geo political zones we have then 1 prime minister or head of govt for external affairs?

Changing the form of government means little if the same individuals remain in power. No matter how you repaint a lion, it remains a lion.

Democracy is effective only when we uphold both its benefits and responsibilities—ensuring accountability and justice, rather than selectively embracing only the parts that serve personal interests.

fergie001:
A Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to return the Country to a Parliamentary System of Government has passed a second reading at the House of Representatives.

The Minority Leader and Reps member representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency, Kingsley Ogundu Chinda (PDP - Rivers) & 59 others in their proposed bill advocate the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government.

"A Bill for An Act to alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the Office of Prime Minister as Head of Government and the Office of the President as Head of State and to provide for a framework the the mode of election to the said offices and for Related Matters (HB. 1115)."

zero8zero:
So why was the bill to have presidential election same day as others passed second reading?. Why not replace it with parliamentary election. I support this bill, let's go back to parliamentary.

If they replace it with parliamentary election bill, it still has nothing to do with the amendment to have both presidential and governorship elections same day. Two different bills to achieve two separate things

SoftSport:
Nigeria’s eyeing a big shift to a Parliamentary system , exciting times ahead.

I need a favour chief.

This is very good.
We will return to the decentralized system of government we had in the time of Tafawa Balewa before Aguiyi Ironsi destroyed everything because of his greed.

This Bill is the Game Changer. It gives room for continuity of Political Economic Reforms and management of the Regions under their respective leadership.

Do not criticise this bill simply because you are ignorant of how it works. Criticise only if you know how it works and you can explain it.

Tinubu is not wise

Instead of this why not a Bill to change geopolitical zones to Regions with each headed by its own Heads of Region.

Thereby scapping either the Senate or the HOR and subsequently allow each region's HOR to make laws that is suitable and applicable to their respective regions.

A Bill to turn all these 6 or 7 geopolitical zones to actual regions with each having its own supervising leader to manage their own regions the way they like and with a President of a United Regions of Nigeria.

Advantages:
. It will bring serious competitive development
. It will relief the stress on the Federal government.
. It will foster peace and communal understanding of values, customs and tribal unity.
. It will help in regional policing.
. It will reduce waste in redundant ministries.
. And more.

Today is bill day.

Useless arm of govt. Fight for Regional system. All these ones are noise making

I think we're returning to regional government...each region will have to develop itself with there own resources and remote quota to the Central government...

Svoboda:
This one won't fly since tinubu is now teaching future presidents how to consolidate power.

It will fly if he is d one behind it. A way for him and Wike to continue to be in power after 2027/2031… if u know u know.

Operation full time restructuring…

Sigh... These imbeciles collect millions to debate and discuss meaningless things.

Which is this one again?
Prime Minister - in a Presidential Democratic Govt! NO!
The choice of words ( Prime Minister) is wrong and our Lower House ( Reps) should know better