In Benin on Thursday, a group known as the City Gate Elders of Nigeria urged for the country to revert to the parliamentary system of government for the sake of political stability, claiming that the country’s current presidential system was a waste of time.
In a document titled ‘Reengineering Nigeria for a Stable Political Equilibrium,’ the group’s leader, Dr. Dele Oluwatade, a medical practitioner, claimed that a borrowing nation like Nigeria cannot afford the extravagance of the presidential style of governance.
Nigeria, he suggested, should be reformed into twelve or eight regions, with premiers serving as the heads of each area for easier administration and lower governance costs.
“Nigeria should be reformed into twelve or eight regions, with premiers serving as the heads of each region for easier administration and lower governance costs,” he stated.
A large borrowing nation is gearing up for presidential election awareness.
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“In the meantime, our youths are out of school due to the ASUU strike, and JAMB is holding another exam to enter another group of youths into a closed system, while the government is sourcing for four trillion dollars.” This is the epitome of ‘functional misunderstanding.’
Our country is in the midst of a borrowing binge. We take out loans to cover the cost of gasoline subsidies. An electoral process to waste human and material resources is being organized by a compulsively consuming economy on the verge of collapse, planning an election for a shattered nation.”
He suggested that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), form a committee to help him transition to prime minister, pushing him to rebuild Nigeria and kill many birds with one sensible political stone.
Oluwatade chastised Nigerian politicians for living larger than the country’s economy while the people suffered.
