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 ends, fails to agree on derivation formula
Confab reconvenes August 4 to consider draft report
Day 45 Nigeria National Conference – Live Update
This is the 45th National Conference plenary live blog from Premium Times. Today, delegates will continue, and if possible conclude deliberations on the issue of resource sharing/control.
National Conference in disarray as North walks out of consensus building group
A major crack that might truncate the ongoing national conference has emerged, with delegates from the Northern part of the country alleging betrayal, rejecting some decisions reached at plenary and walking out of the consensus-building arrangement instituted by leaders of geo-political zones, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. The National Consensus Building Group, which had three…
Drama as Northern delegates accuse Confab leadership of hidden agenda
Two reports indicted the Deputy Chairman, Bolaji Akinyemi, of lobbying Northern delegates to smuggle in a demand for a new Constitution in the Conference final report.
New Constitution: CONFAB secretariat lobbies Northern delegates
Indications have emerged that intense pressure is being mounted on selected prominent Northern delegates to adopt a new constitution at the conference.
National Conference adopts true federalism for Nigeria
Confab resolves that states should create local government.
Lack of quorum threatens confab session
Akinyemi assured measures would be adopted to check truancy among delegates