Why presidential system is not working in Nigeria Adeyemi Why presidential system is not working in Nigeria Adeyemi
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In this interview with IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI, a Professor of Comparative Politics, Development Administration and Governance, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), ’Lanre Olu-Adeyemi speaks on issues bedeviling Nigeria’s political structure and factors impeding the country’s development among others.
FOR several years, Nigeria has practised a presidential system of government patterned after the United States. Can you explain the flaws in Nigeria’s presidential system of government?
As the consequence of being a former British colony, Nigeria started out with a parliamentary system of government at independence in 1960, but it switched to a presidential system modelled after that of the United States in 1979. A presidential system is a form of government in which a head of government (president) leads an executive branch that is separat