Inspire Nigeria, an organisation of Nigerian professionals in the Diaspora, has joined in the call for a restructuring of the country, returning it to regionalism and a parliamentary system of government.
In a statement signed yesterday by its president, Evong Evong and chairman of the Constitution Amendment Committee/Director of Think Tank, Dr Olarinre Salako , the organisation insisted that one cannot keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome.
The group’s proposal reads: “We understand the events that led to the first military coup in Nigeria and attendant consequences, including the death of parliamentary system and the regional federating units. Having experimented with both presidential and parliamentary systems, we have studied the merits and demerits of both and conclude that Nigeria will be better off today with a parliamentary system with federating units mirroring the geo-political zones.
Another key success factor for the U.S. presidential system is that the states enjoy maximum devolution of powers, authorities and responsibilities. However, in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country with deep-seated tribal pressures like Nigeria, the tensions have proven unbearable.”
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