A former Mayor of Portlaoise in the Republic of Ireland, Rotimi Adebari, has said Nigeria may never return to the parliamentary system of government.

Adebari, the Nigerian-born Irish politician who was elected as the first black mayor in Ireland in 2007, said this while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

He argued that greedy politicians with selfish political interest won’t allow Nigeria practise the parliamentary system of government.

According to him, greedy Nigerian politicians prefer the presidential system of government to the parliamentary system because of their political ambition.

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“There is no type of government that does not have its own issues, but if we look at our peculiarity we will discover that the parliamentary system of government is better than this.

“The parliamentary will give every region the opportunity to grow and develop at their own pace as we have seen in other climes. Let each region govern itself so that each region can grow at its own pace.

“But we changed to the American style, presidential system of government, the most expensive system of government to run anywhere in the world, but that is what we have chosen to run.

“But you might say that it’s very successful in the US, why is ours the way it is? But you have to remember that it requires a human being to make it work.” (Daily Trust)