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The representatives are seeking to return Nigeria to the government’s parliamentary system.
A bill, passed a second reading in the House, has received a second reading in the House, with government heads serving as government supervisors and the presidential office and providing a framework for the electoral model.
The proposed legislation is one of 32 constitutional amendments bills passed by lawmakers at a plenary meeting chaired by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu on Thursday, March 27.
The proposed legislation, sponsored by Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda and 59 other legal members, attempted to change the 1999 constitution to introduce a parliamentary framework that would move the executive from the president to the legislature’s elected prime minister.
The bill is titled: “A bill, a bill to change the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in 1999, required the Prime Minister’s Office to serve as head of government and the President’s Office to serve as head of state and provide a framework for the election model of the above-mentioned offices and related matters.”
Recall that Nigeria used to run a parliamentary system in the First Republic, with Sir Abubaka Tafawa Balewa serving as prime minister and Dr. Nnandi Azikiwi serving as liturgical chair.
The system lasted until the military coup from 1960 to 1966, allowing the administration to reside in the Prime Minister, who was elected from the parliamentary majority, and the president served as head of state.
The bill passed by ALWMAKERS on Thursday also includes a bill that changes the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999, requiring specific seats for women in the National Assembly and state capitols.
Another bill is a bill to change the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999 to reduce the period of determining pre-election petitioning affairs and to provide for the establishment of pre-election pre-election courts and regulate the process of putting members of the National Assembly in legislative duties.
A bill to change the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999 to review the requirements of eligible for election to be president and vice president, governor and deputy governor.
In addition, a bill, which changed the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999, to examine the status of the federal capital territory, was also passed the second reading on the election of the presidential election of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the bill for the creation of Wanzhou and Gobir states.
