A bill seeking to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system of government, and establish the office of the Prime Minister as Head of Government and the President as Head of State, passed second reading yesterday at the House of Representatives.

The proposed legislation, sponsored by Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda and 59 others, seeks to alter the 1999 Constitution to introduce a parliamentary framework that will shift executive authority from the President to a Prime Minister elected by the legislature.

Recall that Nigeria previously operated a parliamentary system in the First Republic, with Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa serving as Prime Minister and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe as the ceremonial President.

The system, which lasted from 1960 until the 1966 military coup, allowed executive authority to reside in the Prime Minister, who was chosen from the majority party in parliament, while the President served as the Head of State.

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