Former Kano State governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has known as for structural adjustment of the presidential system of presidency practised in Nigeria, which he mentioned, is suffering from excessive prices and inefficiencies in governance.
Shekarau nonetheless, supported the retention of the presidential system of presidency as a result of it prioritises “The pursuits of your complete nation over slender regional or ethnic considerations,” towards the parliamentary system, favours regional constituencies, and encourages localism and factionalism.
The previous governor who’s Chairman of the League of Northern Democrats (LND), a brand new political group, ready paper delivered at a Nationwide Dialogue on House-Grown Democracy for the nation, known as for the elimination of bicameral legislature.
He said that sustaining one legislative chamber will cut back redundancy and operational prices of presidency.
Shekarau additionally needs appointments to ministerial positions to be restricted to a few per geopolitical zone to “curb extreme spending on ministerial portfolios whereas permitting for targeted and impactful governance.”
He’s of the opinion that over half of the present federal businesses are redundant and urged that it might be streamlined or merged to chop pointless expenditures with out compromising effectiveness.
The previous governor additionally said that “larger devolution of powers and duties to states and native governments will ease the burden on the federal authorities, enabling it to concentrate on important nationwide issues, whereas empowering decrease tiers to handle native wants immediately.”
To additional curb the excesses of the presidential system, Shekarau advocated for the autonomy of political events, the judiciary, the composition of Nationwide management and the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (IINEC).
“In abstract, the presidential system provides Nigeria a sensible and examined pathway to reaching unity amidst variety.
“It’s a mannequin that compels leaders to pursue nationwide, quite than parochial, pursuits.
“On this pivotal second, we should proceed to embrace a system that consolidates our variations and transforms them into energy for a united Nigeria.
“Whereas the urged reforms will cut back the price of governance and foster a extra environment friendly and responsive system that higher serves the Nigerian individuals, the curbing of the excesses of operators within the presidential system will in the end show to be higher for a multicultural polity equivalent to ours,” the previous governor maintained.
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