By Emeka Nze
Abuja
The ongoing National Conference, which resumed plenary yesterday, adjourned again to Wednesday to study the reports of four committees of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Environment, Religion and Land Tenure and National Noundary. This is to be followed by debates on the four reports tomorrow.
This was as many of the committees submitted their reports to the leadership of the conference. Secretary of the Conference, Mrs Valerie Azinge called out the chairmen and co-chairmen or their representatives to come out and present their reports.
Mrs Azinge announced that in all, 12 reports have been received by the conference while 8 were outstanding.
She also told the delegates that the secretariat would distribute the reports that have reached the secretariat to the delegates while they await further reports from the committees that were yet to submit.
Mrs Azinge said those who wish to speak on such reports at plenary would indicate their names in a register to be provided by the secretariat indicating whether they were to argue for or against certain aspects of the recommendations of the submitted reports.
The committees which submitted their reports were Citizenship and Immigration Services, National Security, Land Tenure and National Boundaries and Committee on Social Sector.
Others were committee on Environment, Law and Judicial Reform, Economy, Trade and Investment, Science Technology and Development, Politics and Governance, committee on Religion and Political Restructuring
Many of the delegates either argued in favour or against Mrs Azinge’s style of writing their names to indicate in a register before speaking. Prof Yadudu, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and Mohammed Ibrahim observed that it would be totally chaotic and disorderly and contrary to the rules of conference.
Also a female Professor from Ekiti state, Mike Ahamba (SAN) and many others favoured the Secretary’s style while Gambo Jimetta wanted groups to speak through their heads of delegation to avoid wasting of time.
Dokpesi did not want delegates to debate through the heads of their committees saying that it would not make for equality, fairness and justice.
He said what the secretariat required was patience and increased working hours to enable all delegates contribute to any matter of their choice.