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#Endorsement: Confab will Have No Effect Without NASS Impact – Sen. Abe

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:15:47 +0000

Senator representing Rivers southeast senatorial district and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe, has said the National Conference may have no impact on the direction of the country, without the input of the National Assembly. According to Abe, the only way the recommendations of the conference could have any impact [...]

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Female Delegate Walked Out Of Confab Over Misconduct

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:15:19 +0000

Immediate past President of National Association of Women Journalists, Ms Asabe Baba was humiliated Thursday when the Chairman of the National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi walked her out of the conference for misconduct. Baba, a delegate from Gombe State representing NAWOJ at the conference had left her seat for another when another delegate, Chief Mike [...]

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Kutigi Dissociates Confab From Tenure Elongation Plan For Jonathan, Others

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 21 May 2014 20:15:44 +0000

The National Conference has dissociated itself from a document purportedly circulated to delegates canvassing a tenure elongation for elected public office holders by 18 months. This is contained in a statement issued by the Assistant Secretary of the conference, Media and Communications, Mr James Akpandem, on behalf of the chairman, retired Justice Idris Kutigi, in [...]

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CONFAB Committee on Civil Society refutes alleged interception of Ogunrinmade as Chairman

FRN News — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:26:04 +0000

Abuja (National Conference Report) – The National Conference’s Committee on Civil Society, Labour and Sports has on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 denied the allegations that it has substituted its chairman due to absence from duty. The Committee said that it had demanded the Deputy Chairman to take over proceedings as the Chairman in the [...]

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Confab: Delegates Rejection Of Food Sign Of Selfishness, Says CACOL

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 19:15:44 +0000

Delegates at the on-going National Conference have been taken to the cleaners for complaining about the feeding arrangement provided by the leadership of the conference. A group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) described the delegates’ action as selfish, saying rather than focus on burning national issues that brought about the conference in the first [...]

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National unity the elephant in the room at Nigeria Confab talks

Ade Adewale — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:17:18 +0000

A national conference criticised for its cost and scope opens in Nigeria's capital on Monday, with the country's future existence looming large over the talks. Nearly 500 delegates from the hundreds of ethnic, religious and linguistic groups that make…

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Nigeria’ Government Releases List of 492 CONFAB Delegates

Ade Adewale — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:05:28 +0000

The Federal Government, on Thursday released names of 492 delegates to the National Conference, which would be inaugurated on Monday, 17 March. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, made it known that the Federal Government has appointed three additional Assistant Secretaries for the [...]

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GEJ Attends Ethnic Nationalities Confab On Fiscal Federalism

David Folami — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:55:18 +0000

EFFORTS to build a consensus on fiscal federalism will take the centre stage in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital when apex ethnic nationalities brainstorm to formulate an agenda for the forthcoming national conference. . The apex nationalities coming together for this purpose are the Odua People Congress, Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Itsekiri National Congress, Middle [...]

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‘National Confab Modalities So Not Fair’

David Folami — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:03:42 +0000

The release of the modalities for the National Conference by the Federal Government has elicited mixed reactions from lawmakers and party chieftains. . While some viewed the modalities for the confab as timely others said that it was ill-timed. . The Federal Government in a statement on Jan.30, 2014 released the modalities for the national [...]

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