Confab: Kutigi releases list of chairmen, deputies of 20 standing committees •Delegates bicker over composition
THE leadership of the National Conference, on Wednesday, released the list of the chairmen and deputies of the 20 delegate committees of the conference.
According to the list made available to the delegates at the Wednesday plenary, the former governor of Akwa- Ibom State, Victor Attah and retired Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Coomasie, would co-chair committee on Devolution of Power.
The Committee on Political Restructuring also has Mohammed Kumalia and General Ike Nwachukwu as co-chairmen, while retired Inspector General of Police, Gambo Jimeta, would chair National Security with Horsfall Albert as his Deputy.
The list also indicated that Senator Florence Ita-Giwa would be the chairman on the Committee on Environment while the 24-year-old delegate from Borno, Bukar Mandara, will be the Vice Chairman.
The Committee on Politics and Governance is co-chaired by both former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana and Chief Olu Falae. Former Minister of Women Affairs, Josephine Anenih will chair the committee on Social Sector with former Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, as Deputy. The Committee on Public Service is to be chaired by Ebele Okeke, former Head of Service of the Federation with Ambassador Aliyu Adamu as Deputy.
Two former Senate Presidents, Senator Ayu Iyorchia and Senator Ken Nnamani are to co-chair Parties and Electoral Committee. The list also indicated that Dr Abdulahi Zaiyanu would be chairman of Committee on Immigration while Uwajumogu Chidinma would be Deputy Vice Chairman of the committee. Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, will be the chairman of the Committee on Energy with Bello Suleiman as the Deputy. Also, Senator Aliero Adamu will be the chairman of Committee on Public Finance and Revenue with Senator Azu Agboti as Deputy.
The Committee on Religion is to be co-chaired by the Christian Association of Nigeria delegate, Bishop Felix Ajakaiye and Nurudeen Lemu of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. The Committee on Foreign Policy and Dispora will be chaired by Prof. I Gambari with Ambassador Lawrence Ekpebu as Deputy, while Committee on Land Tenure is chaired by Gen. A.B Mamman (rtd) with His Royal Highness Oba Michael Adedeji as Deputy. Meanwhile, delegates attending the National Conference on Wednesday, in Abuja, were thrown into heated debate over the composition of the committee memberships.
While the conference leadership maintained 20 standing committees and have distributed the 492 delegates into the various committees, most of the delegates at the floor of the plenary openly criticised the membership composition, insisting that they were not favourably disposed to the committees they were drafted into. While some delegates insisted that they were all foisted in the committees, others were of the opinion that they were sidelined from being members of certain committees that they have fair knowledge of the issue to be discussed.
Still, others noted that the time wasted so far debating issues without arriving at any reasonable recommendation is enough and “all other issues should be kept aside and the house should move on.”
Among the standing committees which delegates have already been drafted into included Committees on Devolution of Power; Political Restructuring and Forms of Government; National Security; Environment; Politics and Governance; Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Reform; Social Sector; Transportation; and Science, Technology and Development.
Others are Committees on: Agriculture; Civil Society, Labour and Sports; Public Service; Political Parties and Electoral Matters; Foreign Policy and Diaspora Matters; Land Tenure and National Boundaries; and Economy, Trade and Investment. There are also Committees on Energy; Religion; Public Finance and Revenue; and the Committee on Immigration and Related Matters.
Iyochia Ayu, a delegate from North Central, observed that names of certain individuals appeared in several committees, noting that all the traditional rulers were lumped into committee on land tenure and national boundaries. According to Ayu, it was not right for the Secretariat of the Conference to enlist all the retired military and police delegates into the committee on national security when other individuals who might have superior ideas of how to tackle the current security constraints were left out.
Meanwhile, the secretariat has mandated all the committees to begin sittings by Tuesday 22, April.
Kutigi also said the first 10 committees would be sitting at the National Judicial Institute, while the remaining committees would be meeting at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Abuja.
The Committee on Political Restructuring also has Mohammed Kumalia and General Ike Nwachukwu as co-chairmen, while retired Inspector General of Police, Gambo Jimeta, would chair National Security with Horsfall Albert as his Deputy.
The list also indicated that Senator Florence Ita-Giwa would be the chairman on the Committee on Environment while the 24-year-old delegate from Borno, Bukar Mandara, will be the Vice Chairman.
The Committee on Politics and Governance is co-chaired by both former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana and Chief Olu Falae. Former Minister of Women Affairs, Josephine Anenih will chair the committee on Social Sector with former Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, as Deputy. The Committee on Public Service is to be chaired by Ebele Okeke, former Head of Service of the Federation with Ambassador Aliyu Adamu as Deputy.
Two former Senate Presidents, Senator Ayu Iyorchia and Senator Ken Nnamani are to co-chair Parties and Electoral Committee. The list also indicated that Dr Abdulahi Zaiyanu would be chairman of Committee on Immigration while Uwajumogu Chidinma would be Deputy Vice Chairman of the committee. Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, will be the chairman of the Committee on Energy with Bello Suleiman as the Deputy. Also, Senator Aliero Adamu will be the chairman of Committee on Public Finance and Revenue with Senator Azu Agboti as Deputy.
The Committee on Religion is to be co-chaired by the Christian Association of Nigeria delegate, Bishop Felix Ajakaiye and Nurudeen Lemu of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. The Committee on Foreign Policy and Dispora will be chaired by Prof. I Gambari with Ambassador Lawrence Ekpebu as Deputy, while Committee on Land Tenure is chaired by Gen. A.B Mamman (rtd) with His Royal Highness Oba Michael Adedeji as Deputy. Meanwhile, delegates attending the National Conference on Wednesday, in Abuja, were thrown into heated debate over the composition of the committee memberships.
While the conference leadership maintained 20 standing committees and have distributed the 492 delegates into the various committees, most of the delegates at the floor of the plenary openly criticised the membership composition, insisting that they were not favourably disposed to the committees they were drafted into. While some delegates insisted that they were all foisted in the committees, others were of the opinion that they were sidelined from being members of certain committees that they have fair knowledge of the issue to be discussed.
Still, others noted that the time wasted so far debating issues without arriving at any reasonable recommendation is enough and “all other issues should be kept aside and the house should move on.”
Among the standing committees which delegates have already been drafted into included Committees on Devolution of Power; Political Restructuring and Forms of Government; National Security; Environment; Politics and Governance; Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Reform; Social Sector; Transportation; and Science, Technology and Development.
Others are Committees on: Agriculture; Civil Society, Labour and Sports; Public Service; Political Parties and Electoral Matters; Foreign Policy and Diaspora Matters; Land Tenure and National Boundaries; and Economy, Trade and Investment. There are also Committees on Energy; Religion; Public Finance and Revenue; and the Committee on Immigration and Related Matters.
Iyochia Ayu, a delegate from North Central, observed that names of certain individuals appeared in several committees, noting that all the traditional rulers were lumped into committee on land tenure and national boundaries. According to Ayu, it was not right for the Secretariat of the Conference to enlist all the retired military and police delegates into the committee on national security when other individuals who might have superior ideas of how to tackle the current security constraints were left out.
Meanwhile, the secretariat has mandated all the committees to begin sittings by Tuesday 22, April.
Kutigi also said the first 10 committees would be sitting at the National Judicial Institute, while the remaining committees would be meeting at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Abuja.
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