1.0 INTRODUCTION
Nation building therefore in the process of
mobilizing socio-cultural, political and
economic forces of a nation in order to transform the lives of the citizenry of
the nation, while moving the state to a new level of civilization
It therefore becomes the onus of
every government and nation to decide on the best system of government through
which this can be achieved. Indeed the various systems of government are as
follows, - unitary, federal, confederal, monarchy, presidential and
parliamentary systems of government. However, we are here to discuss only the
parliamentary and presidential systems of government.
2.0 PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT
Know
also as the cabinet system of government, is a democratic system of government
where by the head of state is different from the head of government. The real
executive powers are vested in the council of ministers known as the minister
and the legislative serves as the source of authority for the executive.
2.1 CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHIES
Here,
the monarch, king or queen is the ceremonial head of state while the Prime
minister is the head of government. Sweden,
Japan.
22. PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLICS
The
president here is the ceremonial head of state while a prime minister is the
head of government as found in Ireland,
Germany, Italy, India. In South Africa and Botswana, the head of government is
also the head of state.
3.0 PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT
In
this system of government, the president who is popularly elected, directly or
indirectly is both the head of state and the head of government. There is here
the separation of power between the legislative and the executive. The U.S.A
and Nigeria
practice this system.
4.0 CONCLUSION
Be
it therefore in the parliamentary or the presidential that one receives mandate,
he/she sets out to promote positive human transformation of the people,
avoiding therefore the situation described below;
As for as I can judge, men in every place-in
the golden saloon, and in the busy mart of industry, in the port, and in the
exchange, by the loom, or by the plough, every man says, “I suffer, and I see
no hope”
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1. Ani, Kelechi Johnmay, Politics about
Failed state in Nigeria;
Dialectics on the value of History to Nation Building Challenges, 1960-2010, Enugu: First Book Pub,
2011, P. 51.
2. Benjamin Disraeli. The Wealth of
England is not Merely material wealth”
in Andrew Burnet (ed) chambers Book of speeches, Edinburgh: Chambers, 2006, P. 257.