₦airaland Forum

tobore4u:
I need a favour chief.

SoftSport:
what's that sir?

Penguin2:
Foolish Bill.

Should be killed.

What I hate is that some of these men are old enough to know why Parliamentary System of Government was dumped for Presidential System.

The ethnic and religious configuration of Nigeria does not support parliamentary system of government because the north for instance can come together and perpetuate themselves in power by continually voting a pro-North party to gain majority in the National Assembly.

That was what happened in the first republic before Independence even.

Before then Azikiwe’s NCNC and Awolowo’s AG were the only major political parties.

But in the build up to independence, Ahmadu Bello registered NPC as a political party and used tribal sentiments to get northerners to vote the party in the 1959 pre-independence election.

That was how NPC (Northern Political Congress) won majority at the National Assembly and had to produce the Prime Minister in Tafawa Balewa. Making Nigeria to miss out on the refined leadership of men like Azikiwe or Awolowo as Head of Government.

And if the 1966 coup which truncated democracy hadn’t happened, the North would have continued to vote their party and hold on to power for as long as God knows.

Bring back Parliamentary System and you face similar scenario all over again.

If there’s anything we need from the past, it’s regionalism.

They should die this parliamentary bulcrap.

SoftSport:
what's that sir?

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

247man:
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…

tobore4u:
hope u saw my message?

famouscargo4u:
You think he is not aware? He is a proponent of regional government.

Penguin2:
Foolish Bill.

Should be killed.

What I hate is that some of these men are old enough to know why Parliamentary System of Government was dumped for Presidential System.

The ethnic and religious configuration of Nigeria does not support parliamentary system of government because the north for instance can come together and perpetuate themselves in power by continually voting a pro-North party to gain majority in the National Assembly.

That was what happened in the first republic before Independence even.

Before then Azikiwe’s NCNC and Awolowo’s AG were the only major political parties.

But in the build up to independence, Ahmadu Bello registered NPC as a political party and used tribal sentiments to get northerners to vote the party in the 1959 pre-independence election.

That was how NPC (Northern Political Congress) won majority at the National Assembly and had to produce the Prime Minister in Tafawa Balewa. Making Nigeria to miss out on the refined leadership of men like Azikiwe or Awolowo as Head of Government.

And if the 1966 coup which truncated democracy hadn’t happened, the North would have continued to vote their party and hold on to power for as long as God knows.

Bring back Parliamentary System and you face similar scenario all over again.

If there’s anything we need from the past, it’s regionalism.

They should die this parliamentary bulcrap.

ogaemma:
I will support this Bill.
Because the 1999 useless constitution makes the president too powerful.
This will reduce the power's of the president.
All we want is a better Nigeria of our dream that will work for everyone.

ogaemma:
I will support this Bill.
Because the 1999 useless constitution makes the president too powerful.
This will reduce the power's of the president.
All we want is a better Nigeria of our dream that will work for everyone.

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

helinues:
This bill won't scale through

Why creating a new political office when the current ones are not yet to be felt?

That's backdoor proposal by the opposition

Yemmysworld91:
Brilliant analysis. But at least, we can revert back to regionalism and each region can control their resources and develop at their own pace. A weaker center will be helpful for us as a country. Parliamentary system ain't that bad

helinues:
This bill won't scale through

Why creating a new political office when the current ones are not yet to be felt?

That's backdoor proposal by the opposition

Penguin2:
Foolish Bill.

Should be killed.

What I hate is that some of these men are old enough to know why Parliamentary System of Government was dumped for Presidential System.

The ethnic and religious configuration of Nigeria does not support parliamentary system of government because the north for instance can come together and perpetuate themselves in power by continually voting a pro-North party to gain majority in the National Assembly.

That was what happened in the first republic before Independence even.

Before then Azikiwe’s NCNC and Awolowo’s AG were the only major political parties.

But in the build up to independence, Ahmadu Bello registered NPC as a political party and used tribal sentiments to get northerners to vote the party in the 1959 pre-independence election.

That was how NPC (Northern Political Congress) won majority at the National Assembly and had to produce the Prime Minister in Tafawa Balewa. Making Nigeria to miss out on the refined leadership of men like Azikiwe or Awolowo as Head of Government.

And if the 1966 coup which truncated democracy hadn’t happened, the North would have continued to vote their party and hold on to power for as long as God knows.

Bring back Parliamentary System and you face similar scenario all over again.

If there’s anything we need from the past, it’s regionalism.

They should die this parliamentary bulcrap.

akigbemaru:
If they have prime ministers for all the six geographical regions, it will work. African governments just don’t think right as they lack capacities to govern their people. A bill to give the traditional leaders constitutional powers just scaled second reading, which I think should be terminated. Sierra Leone that Nigeria modeled its democracy after jettisoned monarchy in 1971. Chinese in 1902, South Korea and India after. With Obaship, no nation fostered to its potential.

shegz24:
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.

Penguin2:
Foolish Bill.

Should be killed.

What I hate is that some of these men are old enough to know why Parliamentary System of Government was dumped for Presidential System.

The ethnic and religious configuration of Nigeria does not support parliamentary system of government because the north for instance can come together and perpetuate themselves in power by continually voting a pro-North party to gain majority in the National Assembly.

That was what happened in the first republic before Independence even.

Before then Azikiwe’s NCNC and Awolowo’s AG were the only major political parties.

But in the build up to independence, Ahmadu Bello registered NPC as a political party and used tribal sentiments to get northerners to vote the party in the 1959 pre-independence election.

That was how NPC (Northern Political Congress) won majority at the National Assembly and had to produce the Prime Minister in Tafawa Balewa. Making Nigeria to miss out on the refined leadership of men like Azikiwe or Awolowo as Head of Government.

And if the 1966 coup which truncated democracy hadn’t happened, the North would have continued to vote their party and hold on to power for as long as God knows.

Bring back Parliamentary System and you face similar scenario all over again.

If there’s anything we need from the past, it’s regionalism.

They should die this parliamentary bulcrap.

Penguin2:
If there’s anything we need from the past, it’s regionalism.

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)."

helinues:
This bill won't scale through

Why creating a new political office when the current ones are not yet to be felt?

That's backdoor proposal by the opposition

olyrayy:
The North is not a monolith. Tafawa Balewa's party had the largest number of votes, but they were far from being the majority. They needed to form a coalition with another party to run the government.

By the way, Obafemi Awolowo approached Azikiwe and asked for a coalition. Both parties, combined with some other Northern minority parties would have been enough to form a coalition. Azikiwe would have been prime minister and Awolowo wanted to be minister of finance.

Azikiwe said no.



After everything you typed, this was your conclusion? The very thing that causes the civil war was regionalism.