The delegates were on Monday given copies of the conference report and a new draft constitution seeking to replace the existing one.
CONFAB: Report not ready as Kutigi shifts resumption date to August 11
HOPES of delegates resuming August 4 to consider and approve the final report of the National Conference for presentation to the Federal Government have been shattered.
National Conference disowns delegate plotting tenure elongation for Jonathan
The National Conference has disowned a South-South delegate, Okon Osung, who has in the past few days been plotting the elongation of the tenures of President Goodluck Jonathan and other political office holders in Nigeria by 18 months.
National Conference denies barring journalists from covering its committees
The secretary of the National Conference says only one committee stopped journalists from covering its deliberations. The leadership of the National Conference on Wednesday said it never issued any directive for journalists to be barred from covering any of its Committee sittings. Journalists accredited to cover the Conference proceedings were on Tuesday prevented from accessing…
National Conference leadership accuses CAN of misinforming Nigerians
“It is unfortunate that a body like CAN, if it indeed authorised the statement, would make such frivolous and unfounded allegation against the Chairman of the Conference”
50-member consensus group agree on voting procedure – Official
The delegates have not agreed on what constitutes the voting majority.
Christian, Muslim prayers cancelled at National Conference as plenary resumes Monday
The National Conference will resume plenary sitting on Monday after delegates went on a three-day break to study the working documents that would guide their deliberations. Faith-based prayers have also been ruled out of the conference. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Monday inaugurated the 492-member Conference and charged it with the responsibility of finding solutions…
Nigerian Govt to spend N1.18 billion as monthly allowances for Conference Delegates
PREMIUM TIMES had exclusively reported on Friday that the delegates would get far less than the N4million a month that was speculated in the media. The Federal Government will spend about N1.18 billion monthly, as perks to delegates to the ongoing National Conference in Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Monday inaugurated the 492-member Conference…