Confab: Our problem with‘new Constitution’, by Gov. Kwankwanso
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State insists a plan to extend the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan through the outcome of the National Conference is in the offing, but says it will not see the light of day. He also speaks, in this interview, on the plans of his party, the APC, for Nigeria in 2015
Confab recommends part-time legislature
DELEGATES, yesterday, agreed that, Senators, members of House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly should be on part- time basis as against the present structure of full time.
Akwa Ibom delegates insist on state control of resources
AKWA Ibom State delegates have insisted that states must be made to control their resources and remit an agreed percentage of taxes to the Federal Government as a means of stimulating national development.
Let’s remove fuel subsidy — Mimiko
VICE Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko and Ondo State delegate to the National Conference, Professor Femi Mimiko, yesterday, canvassed for the removal of fuel subsidy to stem mind-boggling graft in the scheme.
Oil dichotomy, derivation: How Attah saved confab from collapse
INDICATIONS emerged last night that the National Conference might have ended abruptly because of a sharp disagreement between Northern and Southern delegates over fresh agitation to re-introduce oil dichotomy and adopt a new derivation formula for oil-bearing states in the country
Stay away from VAT collection, Nyiam tells FG
NATIONAL Conference Delegate, Col. Tony Nyiam, (rtd), yesterday asked the Federal Government to hands off the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, saying the government was reaping from where it did not sow
