By HENRY UMORU,JOSEPH ERUNKE & LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU

Chairman of the national conference holding in Abuja, Justice Idris Kutigi, has extended the ongoing confab by six weeks. With this development, the conference is to come to a close on July 31, 2014 against the earlier June 19, 2014 it was scheduled to last.

A new work plan released by the leadership of the conference, said the confab had been adjusted with July 21 – 24, being devoted to consideration of draft report of the conference. July 28 to 31 is for the production and signing of the final report.

No reason was given for the extension of the conference, but some delegates who spoke to Vanguard hinted that “we still have a lot of areas uncovered.”

It will be recalled that some delegates had earlier warned the leadership of the conference to avoid the temptation of extending the parley. Those who were against extending the conference feared same was likely to eat into the 2015 general elections.