The National Conference began on Monday, March 17, at the National Judiciary Institute in Abuja. The confab that will last for three months and cost around N7bn ($42mln) is meant to provide a platform for Nigerians to discuss issues of common concern. These issues that are likely to be at the top of the agenda are Islamist-linked violence in the north, corruption, a more fair distribution of oil wealth, and the effectiveness of the country's political structure. Former Minister of State for Defence, Olusola Obada (right), Legal Practitioner, Adeniyi Akintola (middle) and Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Isa Aremu during a voting pattern on the resolutions of the conference in Abuja yesterday A visibly angry delegate, Naseer Kura (left) being calmed down by the President , Market Women Association of Nigeria, Felecia Sani during a debate on the voting pattern of the resolutions of the conference in Abuja yesterday One of the delegates taking a nap during yest...
Senator Bala Mlohammed Embarks on operation ‘know your neighbour campaign’ Senator Iroegbu In his determination to secure lives and property in Abuja, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has directed all hotels to forward a list of their guests to the FCT Directorate of State Security Services (SSS) and the FCT Police Command on a daily basis. Mohammed announced this directive in a statement signed yesterday by his Special Assistant (Media), Mr. Nosike Ogbuenyi. According to him, the hotels are equally required to install their individual security cameras within their vicinity and ensure thorough check of all vehicles entering the hotel and within their surroundings. The minister also directed all residents and residents associations in various parts of the territory to embark on ‘operation know your neighbour’ campaign. He noted that the measure was to ens...
I had publicly expressed reservations about the National Conference that has just been inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan, especially regarding its timing and whether the government has the capacity to manage the conference as well as the impending general election. The conference ought to have been convoked a long time ago so as to give enough time for the agreed outcomes of its deliberations to have the force of law, especially as some may require the arduous process of amending our constitution. It is also a conference that may inflame passions at a time of growing tensions in the country over the 2015 general election, governance and generalised insecurity in the land. The government’s goal and the legal framework of the conference are also not clear to me. However, I want to assume that a new and improved Nigeria is the goal. Delegates have been selected and are in attendance. Deliberations are taking place and a report or reports will be prepared and su...
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