Aregbesola wants urgent return of Nigeria to Parliamentary rule

by Kolapo Olapoju

Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has stated that democracy in Nigeria would thrive more at the federal level, if the country returns to the parliamentary system of government.

Aregbesola made the statement on Monday, 27 October, at the official commissioning of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Legislative Building (freedom house) built by the Amuwo Odofin Local Government, in Lagos.

He said, “To get out from the nadir of absolutism we find ourselves in the presidential system we are practising, we must return to parliamentary system where power is distributed, not resided in the hands of one man to wield the way he wants.”

“The legitimacy of a democratic government is resided in the legislative arm not with the executive. If sanity is essential reason for having a government, we must as a matter of urgency return to a system that guarantees that sanity. And that is parliamentary. So, I use the occasion of this event to start the debate to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system,” he added.

Aregbesola also praised the leadership values of Ayodele Adewale, chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area.

Furthermore, the Governor stated that he was at the event “to grace the occasion of the distinctive recognition of Asiwaju as leader of leaders, and to identify with the philosophy behind the structure (legislative building), that the legislature is the heart and soul of democracy.”

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