The House of Representatives has taken a major step to scrap the current presidential system of government being run in Nigeria and replace it with the parliamentary mode of government.

Addressing journalists on the general principles of the Bills, namely ‘Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Alteration) Bill, 2024’, sponsored by Hon. Kingsley Chinda, the Minority Leader and 59 others, which passed through the First Reading at plenary on Wednesday. Spokesperson for sponsors, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki (PDP, Sokoto), said the proposed alterations, when passed, would significantly impact the national political landscape.

CUE in: Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki (PDP, Sokoto)

The lawmaker went on to list the importance of the proposed bills.

CUE in: IMPERFECT PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOV

The sponsors of the Bills, however, said the take-off time for the new law if eventually passed will be from 2031, apparently when President Bola Tinubu and others elected into offices for the first term might have completed their second tenures.