The National Conference on Monday adjusted its time of sitting to enable Muslim delegates have enough time to break their fast at home.
The decision followed a proposal from conference Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi (rtd).
Kutigi had informed delegates that the sitting time needed to be reduced by 30 minutes.
The conference deliberations take place from 9am to 6pm, with a break of two hours.
However, after deliberating on options suggested by the Chairman, the delegates unanimously resolved that sessions be held from 9am to 3:30pm daily, without any break.
The new time for sitting takes effect from Tuesday.
Meanwhile the delegates are to now have their lunch monetised following the Muslim period of Ramadan.
Kutigi had proposed that a register be opened for those who would skip lunch as a result of Ramadan to enter their names.
He said the essence of the proposal was to allow delegates observing Ramadan to have their lunch monetised.
He said: “We are aware that many of us will be fasting and will not take lunch here.
“As such, we will open a register so that those who will not take lunch will be paid.”
Senatoe Sergeant Awuse, a delegate representing Rivers State, called for amendment to the proposal.
Awuse said rather than opening a register, lunch should be completely scrapped and monetised for all delegates.
According to him, this would prevent a situation where those who were not observing Ramadan would take advantage of the opportunity to request for monetisation of their lunch.
He said: “We should scrap lunch completely so that people who are not fasting will not write their names.
“We can do without lunch.
“We can manage and support those who are fasting by doing without lunch.”
Thereafter, the delegates overwhelmingly agreed that lunch be monetised in the spirit of Ramadan.
Although the proposal was not put to a voice vote by the chairman, the conference proceeded to another item on the agenda.
There was no counter-proposal to that suggestion.
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