{"id":17290,"date":"2024-02-15T13:02:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/business-mogul-dantata-backs-parliamentary-system-says-it-is-best-for-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:02:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:02:34","slug":"business-mogul-dantata-backs-parliamentary-system-says-it-is-best-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/business-mogul-dantata-backs-parliamentary-system-says-it-is-best-for-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Business mogul Dantata backs Parliamentary System, says it is best for Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Nonagenarian business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, has described the move to adopt the parliamentary system of government by some National Assembly members as the best thing to happen to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Dantata, who was a parliamentarian in the First Republic, spoke on Thursday while receiving a delegation of the 60 members of the House of Representatives who are seeking a return to the parliamentary system of government.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Nigeria would be great again if the system is adopted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the presidential system of government, which the country is operating, is unmanageable and costlier, hence the need for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are not working, the country is stagnant and the citizens are not enjoying anything out of it so there should be a serious moves to adopt the parliamentary system so that Nigeria would be great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dantata warned the legislators pushing for the adoption of the parliamentary system to be wary of personal interests.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, the leader of the delegation, Kingsley Chinda, PDP, Rivers State, noted that the presidential system which Nigeria is operating now is costlier and cumbersome, making it difficult to manage.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cEven Prime Minister would be chosen from the National Assembly and other governors and any attempt for them to go astray would be tackled easily by the members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chinda urged Nigerians, and the media in particular, to support the move to adopt the presidential system of government.<\/p>\n<p>Business mogul Dantata backs Parliamentary System, says it is best for Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonagenarian business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, has described the move to adopt the parliamentary system of government by some National&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10721,15,901],"tags":[10722,180,18],"class_list":["post-17290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dantata","category-news","category-nigeria","tag-dantata","tag-news","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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