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Nigeria needs parliamentary govt system – Peter Obi
The Labour Party, LP, 2023 presidential candidate, Peter
Obi, has called for a parliamentary system of government, where the president
can interface with citizens at least once a month.
He spoke at a lecture at Harvard Law School in Boston,
Massachusetts, USA, where he advocated for a parliamentary system of government
in Nigeria.
Obi noted that the presidential system is not working well
in Nigeria, hence the country continues to have bad leaders who stay in office
for four years without being accountable to the people.
He said: “What happens is, because of the presidential
system that has no president in Nigeria today, we have a bad leader and he
stays there for four years. When we have a parliamentary system, we can move a
motion of no confidence within two or three years.