…Says “It’s not with us yet”
The 10th National Assembly has dissociated itself from a purported draft Bill seeking to return Nigeria to a regional system of government.
Nigeria practised the regional system of government after it gained independence in 1960. In 1979, after military rule, Nigeria adopted the presidential system of government and has maintained it to date.
Recall that on Friday, the National Assembly distanced itself from the Bill after a document titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria’, went viral on social media.
The Bill is said to have been drafted by one Akin Fapohunda, who is reportedly not a member of the National Assembly.
The Senate’s spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, said there is no such Bill before the National Assembly. He told newsmen, “Such a Bill is not with us. And who is sponsoring the Bill? In which order paper has such been reflected? The National Assembly plenary is always held openly, with the media in the chambers”.
Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, also denied the existence of such a Bill.
“The Committees on Rules and Business and Constitution review have confirmed that there is no such Bill before them”, Rotimi was quoted as saying.
