S/N TIME FAME EVENT(S) REMARKS 1 WEEK ONE: Mon 17th – Thurs 20th March Inauguration and take-off of the National Conference 2 WEEK TWO: Mon 24th – Thurs 27th March Adoption of procedure rulesAdoption of group classificationsIndication of committee interestsAnnouncement for submission of papers on thematic issuesDiscussion of the president’s inauguration speech 3 WEEK…
BREAKING: National Conference extended by 6 weeks
With the extension of the conference, each member will now get about N4.5 million more than the N9 million they were supposed to get for the three months.
Aides to National Conference delegates seek pay from Nigeria
The aides demand payment of allowances, food, transport etc
Confab sub-committee seeks partial removal of immunity for president, governors
“The six sub-committees we set up last week are reporting back to the main committee. The main committee will later on have its own overall report to the plenary of the conference.”
National Conference committee rejects regional governments
The committee, at its resumed sitting, deliberated on three different options of federalism.
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…
Nigeria National Conference self-serving, Niger Delta youth tell Jonathan
Niger Delta youth say National Conference shows an agenda for the actualization of the 2015 re-election plan of President Goodluck Jonathan. Some youth from the Niger Delta region under the aegis of the Niger Delta Youth Congress, NDYC, on Sunday described the National Conference as self-serving and incapable of meeting the expectations of Nigerians. The…
Full text of Frank Nweke Jnr’s statement madee at the national conference
Mr Chairman, Thank you for the opportunity to offer my perspectives on the President’s speech of March 17, 2014. I would like to describe that speech as perhaps one of the best of the Jonathan Presidency for its depth and import, its delivery and its potential to impact the course of our history as a…