Few days ago, a senatorial candidate of the party for Lagos West Senatorial District openly criticized the Confab report, vowing to ensure it never sees the light of the day
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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the composition of a Presidential Committee to study and draw up the Implementation Strategy for the 2014 National Conference.
Henceforth, the Conference said states creation should be on the basis of parity among the geopolitical zones to ensure equality of zones
Trouble started when Agbonwanegbe was contributing to the report of the Conference Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government
His warning came on the heels of incessant points of order raised by delegates over the contentious recommendation by the Committee on Religion for the scrapping of pilgrim welfare boards
Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting, Co-chairman of the Committee, Obong Victor Attah, said that the committee has exhausted the agenda given to it by the Conference
The Co-Chairman of the Committee, Obong Victor Attah, who gave the assurance after over four hours closed door meeting before break time and two and half hours meeting after, said all the committee members have contributed their positions on the issues and the issue will be resolved on Tuesday
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to the report credited to the Chairman of the Committee on Devolution of Power at the ongoing National Conference, Victor Attah.
“He was quoted as saying the committee had decided to transfer all labour matters from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list
The acting Governor of CBN, Sarah Alade, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, Alhaji Suleman Barau, gave the advice during a presentation to the committee on Tuesday in Abuja
Danjuma Ndihgihdah, a Deputy General Manager Technical of NigComSat, made the call in a presentation to the National Conference Committee on Science and Technology on Tuesday in Abuja
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the committee sat in a closed-door session for several hours in the morning and resumed deliberations after the lunch break
Although the meeting was held behind closed doors, but a reliable source told The Eagle Online that while a former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Jimeta Gambo, insisted that there should be no state police, his Co-Chairman, Chief A. K. Horsefall said that the country needed state police
The Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications, Akpandem James, told the News Agency of Nigeria that most of the committees were already at harmonisation stage
The Chairman of the committee, Obong Victor Attah, who disclosed this on Monday during the adoption of vote and proceedings of the committee, explained that the request was turned down by members of the committee
The Co-Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the committee set up six sub-committees
Under the existing Constitution, the Police is on the Exclusive Legislative List, which makes it a solely federal matter only the National Assembly could legislate upon
According to the people of the axis, Ndowkaland has contributed immensely to Nigeria’s economy hence needs the for the creation of Anioma State from the existing oil rich Delta State
Jimeta said that no meaningful development would take place without the security of lives and property of the citizens and the nation’s territorial integrity
Clifford Abur, a youth delegate lamented that youths are being marginalized despite identifying with the conference
He is Abudlmumin Abubakar, a former Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and Commissioner of Police in Borno State