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It is almost 10 years of democratic governance in Nigeria. There’s no better time than now to assess the significance of the constitution in 1999, which at the moment. This is even more compelling in light of recent events in the country of the 2007 elections, which many people are expected to strengthen democracy is clearly demonstrated that we are still not in good manners. The 2009 budget of operating expenses is more than capital projects. Operating costs to maintain political office holders and their assistants a lot. In fact, since the advent of civilian control in the cost of running a government is on the high side. Indeed, this shows that it is necessary to revise the 1999 constitution, which is guardian angel of this Republic. This book focuses on one aspect of constitutional revision. I will focus on the current model of governance under the Constitution in 1999. The model of governance under the Constitution in 1999 was named a presidential system of government. The presidential system of government is a system of government where the president has strong power to work as head of government depends on the legislature. Here, Executive Director powers that can exercise directly or indirectly through his ministry. Section 5 of the Constitution of 1999 states: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive director of the Federation @ Vesteda should be the chair and may subject as aforesaid in and the provisions of law adopted by the National Assembly, be exercised by him directly or by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Government of the Federation, and [B] must extend to the implementation and maintenance of this Constitution, all laws of the National Assembly and all questions concerning the National Assembly that, for now, the power to make laws. “

Sweeping powers of the president is limited by Article 5 [4] [A] and [B]. Aforementioned items by the President may declare a state of war between the Federation and another country, except for the sanctions decision of both Houses National Assembly or a member on the mobilization of the armed forces of the Federation’s mission is to fight outside Nigeria without the sanction of the National Assembly resolution.

The president is supreme commander of the armed forces of the Federation. Under Article 218 of the Constitution in 1999 . she is committed to operational use of the armed forces of the federation. These are really broad powers! Although Article 218 [4] provides that the National Assembly has the power to make laws for regulating the power exerted by the president as commander in chief the armed forces of the Federation. It is not enough to reduce the enormous powers vested in the President of that article. laws or the laws of man can not consider any cases that may arise if the effective regulation of this power is really it. In general, however, the 1999 Constitution is the checks and balances. This can be gleamed from some of the articles mentioned above. the assets of the National Assembly may determine there are huge powers of the president, but there is a limit to what which the National Assembly may deal with such enormous powers. Our experience has brought this issue to the hottest can afford to give enormous power of one man? creators of the Constitution in 1979, which introduced the presidential system of government for the first time in our political history, who later replaced by the Constitution in 1999 is not expected that the president can become a civilian dictators. We and they have been awakened from their ignorance! strongest supporters of the powers of the President of the main feature the system of presidential power, force believes that these elements are necessary for a strong and united leadership, especially in times of crisis because of ethnic diversity in the country. These are the reasons given strong powers to the president, but the opposite is true, we saw that as a nation. We are living witnesses of what happened in the last administration. We had a president who was secretly removing governors, chairmen of the Senate means the State President violated court orders and who was president provided many of his party men office. Obviously, these are hazards of a presidential system or better still points to the fact that the presidential system of government may not be compatible with our climate as a people. A constitution is so good that it may be based on the fact that operators will gentlemen, men of honor. Our experience shows that we can not always men of honor in the office and we do not have to wait another jurisdiction autocratic leader, before we realize our mistake. We need a change of gear. A country where political patronage is the main source of livelihood and a president who controls spending and state structures, extreme that should not exist side by side, not all the world to see will not be Beck and call of the President.

We must return to parliamentary system of government we have done in the first Republic in 1960 and 1963 under the Constitution. parliamentary system of governance that ensures then practiced a few lessons light for some time that way. In this talk, I will show good side of 1960 and 1963 Constitution and its provisions should not be again, as regards the model adopted by the government.

In the parliamentary system of government under the Constitution in 1960 and 1963 was characterized by four main features. [1], the separation of head of state and head of government [2]. pluralism Executive [3] The nature of the Executive [4] the responsibility of ministers to parliament

pluralism Executive:. .. Executive is the plural, unless the prime minister is head office .. is plural, not the Prime Minister, who have more than one vote at board meetings in the office, all other members stand on equal footing – a man one vote, he is prime minister who is primus InterPARES .. Ministers draw power of the Prime Minister, because when they leave office CEAS SA term, choose ministers from among parliamentary colleagues

The separation of the head of state, head of Government ..: Head of State Governor-General, who later became [President under the Constitution of 1963), while the head of the government of Prime Minister, he is prime minister with his cabinet members, who coordinates government, a trustee - usually plays the role holders

symbols Parliamentary Executive:. .. executive members are also members of parliament that is a political party which has the highest number of votes that forms cabinet

executive accountability to the legislature. This legislature has greater control of the cabinet. They are actually united. The legislature may pass a motion of censure of one of the ministers including the Prime Minister.

Now the importance of the above features , Constitution of 1960 and 1963 to the present situation.

A recurring complaint was that the Republic National Assembly that is currently non-budget, leading to deterioration of infrastructure and lack of dividends democracy. This can not happen in a parliamentary system of government where the legislature more control over the executive. executive of First Republic is described Thusis main task of the cabinet is not to lead the party to control of parliament or think about politics, but to coordinate the management, ensuring that legislative proposals are acceptable to the departments concerned, Minister liaise with the various arms of government activity and work to give a measure of unit [1] . Supporters of presidential system of government can be argued that under the Constitution 1999, the legislature power to investigate government departments and parastatals (section88 of the Constitution of 1999). As this is that the National Assembly has not bee