State of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is advocating for a return of parliamentary system of government which he says will deepen democracy at the federal level.
Aregbesola made the statement at the official commissioning of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Legislative Building (freedom house) built by the Amuwo Odofin Local Government, in Lagos.
He said, “To get out from the nadir of absolutism we find ourselves in the presidential system we are practicing, we must return to parliamentary system where power is distributed, not resided in the hands of one man to wield the way he wants.”
“The legitimacy of a democratic government is resided in the legislative arm not with the executive. If sanity is essential reason for having a government, we must as a matter of urgency return to a system that guarantees that sanity. And that is parliamentary. So, I use the occasion of this event to start the debate to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system,” he added.
Aregbesola also praised the leadership values of Ayodele Adewale, chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area.
Furthermore, the Governor stated that he was at the event “to grace the occasion of the distinctive recognition of Asiwaju as leader of leaders, and to identify with the philosophy behind the structure (legislative building), that the legislature is the heart and soul of democracy.”
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