‘One individual can’t govern Nigeria’ — Aregbesola backs parliamentary system of government

• The immediate past Minister of Interior, who said he is opposed to the executive system of government currently practiced in Nigeria.
• He insisted that the arrangement in the parliamentary system is best suited for a country like Nigeria.

Rauf Aregbesola,  an ex-governor of Osun state, has strongly advocated for Nigeria to abandon the presidential system and adopt the parliamentary system.

At Abuja’s National Dialogue on the Home-Grown Parliamentary System, he expressed opposition to Nigeria’s current executive system.

“The parliamentary system’s collective arrangement is best for Nigeria, ensuring checks and balances,” Aregbesola emphasized.

“If you go on believing that an individual, no matter how beautiful, no matter how good, could have the capacity to govern 120 million people all alone without checks, we are joking.

“So, by that consideration alone, I am opposed to the executive system of government.

In February, House of Representatives lawmakers proposed a bill to transition from the presidential to parliamentary system.

The bill, sponsored by Kingsley Chinda and 59 others, aims to reduce government costs amid dwindling revenue.

Lawmakers across parties united to address the presidential system’s shortcomings.