No fewer than 60 members of the Federal House of Representatives are seeking amendments to the 1999 Constitution to transition from the presidential to parliamentary system of government.
The lawmakers were led by the member representing Lagos State under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wale Raji.
The lawmakers identified the need for reducing the cost of government, and robust policy debates among others as some of the reasons for demanding a return to the parliamentary system.
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Some of us may ask: what were the challenges of parliamentary system that warranted the change to Presidential? Have those challenges been changed?