 More Nigerians are queuing behind the call for a change of government from the very bogus and expensive presidential system of government to a less expensive and progressive parliamentary system. This was the view of stakeholders at a seminar organized by the Abuja School of Social in Political Thought in Abuja. Zeklamo for the call for a change of government in Nigeria from the presidential to the parliamentary system seems to be gathering support from Nigerians from different walks of life since the call was made by 60 House of Representatives lawmakers at plenary. The Abuja School of Social and Political Thought has also joined the conversation by organizing a seminar where Nigerians can lend their thoughts on the national discussion. The Executive Director, Dr. Sam Amadi explains the importance of the seminar against the backdrop of the call and the need for Nigerians to be properly informed through a national discussion that will not include Nigerians across the divide from the north, south, east and the west. This is to warn legislators who are thinking around the structure and have some important message. But we figure that it's not just about initiating a bill, it's about first having a national conversation. So, we said first let's get this back to the people in the first illegal open discourse. As a school, we believe that you can't just migrate to a different system of government without doing some analysis, some review or access of what's the evidence that parliament was the prime minister of government. So first, we want to get into the research and look at the structure of Nigeria, the Christ of Nigeria development, how it relates to structure and the question around are there better structure that can guarantee better results? And they are. And so what we're doing, this is the part of the series. First we do a research, second we do a public seminar like this. So our focus is to say, don't make it merely an illustrative initiative, make it. So Manor is the leader of the House, Honourable Kingsley Chinda. And one of the hero heads for Clamo and his remarks says the change was long overdue stating that the presidential system as currently practiced in the country has failed warfully. We are proposing a homegrown parliamentary system that will put into consideration the Nigerian problem, issues of plurality that we have in our system, issues of corruption, issues of abuse of office which is not readily done in other climes. And so when you begin to compare Nigerian public office holders with their counterparts in the United States, you are going to make mistakes. The conditions are not the same. Today people look at their future. People are afraid of the unknown. And because of that you see excessive selfishness in public office. So there must be a punishment and reward system. We must have a responsive and responsible system of government, a hands-on system that will take us from the woods where we are and we can only achieve this if we change. Although participants also expressed their preference for the parliamentary system of government against presidential as currently practiced in the country. Anything that will bring the government closer to the people that will reduce the discretion for stealing and corruption will definitely be good for the nation. And my understanding is that the parliamentary system is built in such a way that it will not be so easy to steal such humongous sums of money misuse our natural resources legally. Because that is the problem. Our nation, government people are stealing legally. So they don't feel that they are stealing. No local economy in Nigeria, that's because the sub-nationals are weak, the local governments are weak. Even the money that is meant to go to local governments don't eventually get to them. So I am submitting that if you have done something continuously for a long time and it keeps producing the same result, there is no harm in also trying to check the alternative. Even when there is evidence that those alternatives have produced superior economic reforms. Every new government or administration is considered to be worse than the one just before it and it has been consistent, it has not changed. It means that there is something we keep doing fundamentally wrong and which keeps getting aggravated in its wrongness and it would continue thus unless we change it. Parliamentary system of government may not, will not be a quick fix, but it will be a whole lot better than what we have today.