Presidential system not working in Nigeria – APC chieftain, Cole

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Tonye Cole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Rivers State in the general elections of 2023, says Nigeria has to reevaluate its current presidential form of government.

According to Cole, the system is not appropriate for the nation.

He claimed that the majority of Africans are uneasy with the political systems in place in their nations during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday.

“This American system that we call the Presidential system in Nigeria, we need to go and readdress it. We cannot import the parliamentary system of the UK and it will work here, we cannot import a presidential system, it will not work here.

“Every African in their country, are they satisfied with the political system they have and the democracy they have, they will tell you no. Why? Because it is contrary to who we are, absolutely contrary,” he said.

He cited China and the Arab world as examples of nations that rejected Western political models, arguing that every successful nation has created a system of governance specific to its own circumstances.

Noting that Nigeria had an indigenous political structure before to colonization and should think about reverting to it, the former Rivers State APC gubernatorial flag bearer emphasized that the country’s style of governance should be based on its own culture.

“Let us build an African, Nigerian focused political system and we have had it. We had a political system before the Europeans came, we had a political system even when the slave trade was going on. So, what are we running away from? We know what to do,” he added.

He said that the presidential system in Nigeria is ineffective in part because it is vulnerable to abuse by a select few, and it has failed to establish accountability-holding institutions.

The politician also added that Nigeria is developing institutions that are designed after the British system which he highlighted cannot be accommodated by the Nigerian culture.

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