By GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE

BENIN — A socio-cultural organisation, in Edo State, Orhionmwon Progressive League, has urged delegates to the on-going national conference to ensure that all issues arising from the country’s history and experience were opened for discussion, insisting that there should be no ‘no go’ areas for the delegates.

The group, in a statement, yesterday, in Benin, Edo State, after its meeting on the confab, canvassed a return to the parliamentary system of government in which members of the cabinet are chosen from the legislature, saying that same will reduce the cost of governance, which has become a huge burden on the country.

The statement by Chief Emma Igiebor, Chairman, said all those elected in the legislature should serve on part-time basis, while all ethnic nationalities in the country should be run by provincial government while district councils should form the grassroots governments.

To promote peace and progress in the country, the group said that all the federating units should have financial autonomy with each unit retaining 60 percent of revenues accruing to it, while federally collected revenue should be shared with the Federal Government.

The group canvasses eight regions for the country as recommended by the Dr. Sam Ogbemudia-led Mid-West Consultative Forum namely, North-East, North-West, North Central, South-East, South-West, South-South, Middle Belt and Mid-West.