GALE OF DEFECTIONS SHOULD ACCELERATE CAMPAIGN FOR ONE-HOUSE PARLIAMENT!

   ZION B-BC

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 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.  {Vol. 14. NO 602 4th May 2025} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).  PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

GALE OF DEFECTIONS SHOULD ACCELERATE CAMPAIGN FOR ONE-HOUSE PARLIAMENT!

A group of sadists who, unfortunately claim to be Representatives of the 220 million Nigerians in the  National Assembly (NASS), have switched camps in the last week of April 2025 through defection to the FAILED ruling  All Progressive Congress (APC), in a frenzied manner that portrays madness, mental dysfunction or both!

At the last count, not less than 50 heartless opposition legislators have decamped to turn Nigeria into a one-party State!

The ruling party now has overwhelming majority in both chambers of NASS to intensify the endemic state of corruption for which Nigeria holds the world record!

There are 18 political parties currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nigeria. These include the major parties like the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labor Party (LP).

There are 15 other parties which include the Action Peoples Party (APP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), that are also registered but they have all ganged-up to turn Nigeria into a One Party State of Government for the sole aim of further robbing the Treasury Single Account (TSA), which keeps custody of only BORROWED FOREIGN LOANS!

A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. In a one-party state, all opposition parties are either outlawed or enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections.

EFFECTS OF THE GALE OF DEFECTIONS ON THE RED CHAMBER. 

Senate (Red Chamber), can now “boast” of an overwhelming majority of about 66 APC Legislators out of 109 members who will rubber stamp all requests from the Executive without soliciting for the opposition’s votes. 

The major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has 33, Labor 5, Social Democratic Party 2, and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has one Senator.

There are two vacant seats, one for Anambra South due to the death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah last year and Edo Central as a result of Senator Monday Okpebholo election as Governor of Edo State.

It is also being rumored that  Governors Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Aba Yusuf (Kano) and suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers) might  also defect to the ruling APC in the next few weeks.

Some opposition politicians have alleged that mischief and blackmail had been employed by the ruling party to coerce opposition Governors and others to dump their political parties and join the APC in order that President Tinubu would have a better outing in 2027!

He only mustered 36.5 per cent in the 2023 General Elections to move to ASO ROCK. It was the least percentage compared to other past general elections results!

Grapevine also disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s had covert meeting with the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara in London during his last overseas jamboree!

The said London meeting was held at the instance of the embattled governor, who was suspended from office after a declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.

Although the details of the meeting were still shrouded in secrecy, Fubara is believed to being cajoled with the option of defection to the ruling APC to retrieve his mandate as Rivers State Governor!

In the case of the Akwa Ibom State Governor,  Eno, his plan to defect to the APC according to the rumors had been linked to the plight of his predecessor and godfather regarding an alleged corruption case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

WHAT DOES THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION SAY ABOUT PARTY DEFECTION?

Sections 68(1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria clearly addressed party defection in the legislative context. It stipulates that members of a legislative house who change political parties will lose their seat. The Speaker of the House or the Senate President is responsible for implementing this provision. This means that legislators who switch parties are expected to vacate their positions.

 This section states that a member shall vacate his seat “being a person whose election to the house was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected; provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored ”.

However, this section only addresses members of the national assembly and is silent on all other elective positions.

The 2010 Electoral Act also attempts to forestall political defections with some of its provisions but it has not been very successful in reducing the indiscriminate abandonment of one party for another by politicians. Attempts to introduce bills on the floor of the National Assembly to curtail defections have also been unsuccessful.

THERE CAN BE NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW FOR ALL UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGNERS TO JOIN RANKS TO PUSH THE BILL IN NASS THROUGH!

A Bill seeking to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system of government passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday, 20th March 2025.

The bill seeks to establish the office of the Prime Minister as Head of Government and the President as Head of State.

The proposed legislation was among the 32 Constitutional Amendment Bills passed by the lawmakers during a plenary session presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.

The proposed legislation, sponsored by Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda and 59 others, seeks to alter the 1999 Constitution to introduce a parliamentary framework that will shift executive authority from the President to a Prime Minister elected by the legislature.

The bill is titled: *”A Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for the Office of the Prime Minister as Head of Government and the Office of President as Head of State and to Provide for a Framework for the Mode of Election to the Said Offices and for Related Matters.”*

Parliamentary democracy was practiced in the First Republic, with Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa serving as Prime Minister and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe as the ceremonial President.

The system, which lasted from 1960 until the 1966 military coup, allowed executive authority to reside in the Prime Minister, who was chosen from the majority party in parliament, while the President served as the Head of State.

The system is cost-effective and is very unfriendly with corruption!

In February 2024, some 60 members of the House of Representatives sought amendments to the 1999 Constitution to transition from the current presidential system to the parliamentary system of government.

Led by a lawmaker representing Lagos State under the All Progressives Congress, Wale Raji, the lawmakers identified the need to reduce the cost of government and foster robust policy debates among other reasons, for demanding a return to the parliamentary system.

The lawmakers, drawn from different party affiliations, anchored their positions on the need to adopt a parliamentary system at the Federal, State, and Local Government levels.

President Tinubu will be adding insult to injury by hoping to remain in office beyond 2027, having performed woefully in less than TWO YEARS!

The PATRIOTS led by Elder Statesman, Emeka Anyanoku should close ranks with Professor Pat Utomi, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, Dele Momodu,  Pastor Tunde Bakare, the  Nigerian Labor Congress, Verydarkman, Vincent Otse and a host of other ONE HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM CAMPAIGNERS, shut down Nigeria in December 2025 and make the dream come true.

 The set time for Nigeria’s freedom from the bondage from oligarchy is now!

“A stitch in time saves nine.”

[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]

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