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Confab Daily – Monday 14 July 2014

Conference Final Week   Idris Kutigi Confab chairman, Idris Kutigi on Monday announced that the “50 Wise Men” could not meet on Friday as scheduled after adopting Thursday’s votes and proceedings. He then adjourned the conference for two hours to enable the meeting. The conference resumed at 12:10 P.M The controversy over the derivation formula […]

Confab Daily – Tuesday 8 July 2014

COMMITTEE:  Devolution of power Delegates at the confabs on Tuesday continued from where they stopped, making observations and suggesting amendments to the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power.   Uzoma Iheme Uzoma Iheme from Imo state said 7 percent of total revenue should be set aside for the development of Mineral Resources across […]

Confab Daily – Monday 7 July 2014

COMMITTEE: Devolution of power   Maigari Dingyadi Concerned that some of them (northern delegates) have written to the confab leadership raising concerns on some issues. He said if the minutes are adopted, the issues they raised would have become void. He said it is imperative that the leadership take a decision on the letter written […]

Confab Daily – Thursday 3 July 2014

Delegates at the Confab on Thursday continued with deliberations on the report submitted by the committee on Political restructuring and Forms of Government. Aishat Ismail, a former Women Affairs Minister said she would not support weak local governments. She recommended that the local governments be on first line charge. Ismail said local governments should not […]

Confab Daily – Wednesday 2 July 2014

Delegates started Wednesday’s session with a discussion about Political Restructuring and Forms of Government report.   Bello Aliyu from Zamfara suggested that all those agitating for state creation should be made to follow the laid down criteria for attaining that and that there should be no preferential treatment. She also stressed on local government autonomy. […]

Confab Daily – Tuesday July 1 2014

The delegates at the Tuesday sitting of the confab started by speaking on the report submitted by the committee on political parties and electoral matters. Chief B. Adedeji, an Osun state delegate commended the committee for delivering a good job.   He notes that all Nigerians in government have not displayed any sense of commitment. […]

Confab Daily – Monday 30 June 2014

Delegates at the Monday’s session of the Confab strated by discussing issues bordering on constitution amendment.Some delegates were worried about what will become of the resolutions met in the conference at the end of it all.On a controversial note shortly after the votes and proceedings of the previous sitting were adopted, Ishaq Modibo raised a […]