As the 20 committees of the National Conference gradually wind down their sittings and ready to submit their reports, some contentious issues remain unresolved by the various committees. Though the committees made recommendations to be debated at the plenary, some of those decisions are not going down well with some members of the various committees.…
How National Conference can help traditional institution play more active role in governance – Ugwoke
INTERVIEW His Royal Majesty, Igwe Spencer Ugwuoke, is one of the oldest traditional rulers in the South-east, having reigned as the monarch of the highly-populated Obimo Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State since the last 35 years. In this interview with Christopher Isiguzo, Ugwoke talks about the National Conference and the place of traditional…
Niger Delta Delegates to the National Conference hold Consultative Forum with Citizens
60 days after the inauguration of the Nigeria National Conference by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Pan-Niger Delta Conference (PNDC) today, Thursday May 8, 2014, held an interactive forum to deliberate on some matters currently being tackled at the National Conference, which affect the Niger Delta region. The event which held at the Grand Montecito Hotel,…
Notes on contentious issues confronting Nigeria and before the National Conference, By Jaye Gaskiya
Several issues confront Nigeria and have remained quite contentious for decades.
A nation in distress; the urgent necessity to impeach this incompetent treasury looting class, by Jaye Gaskiya
Our nation is in state of paralysing distress as we are pushed further and further to the edge of
Why ASUU boycotted National Conference – Nasir Fagge
National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge, yesterday said the union boycotted the on-going National Conference because it lacks constitutional backing and its outcome would be deemed illegitimate. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Dr. Fagge said the conception of the conference was dubious in intent and that its main…
House of Reps should be scraped —Ray Ekpu
“The House of Representatives should be scrapped”, a veteran journalist and member of the committee on politics and governance, Mr Ray Ekpu has said. He said instead the number of senators from each state should be increased to four and one for the Federal Capital Territory. He said the present bicameral arrangement where there is…