As ethnic tensions grow, the Nigerian Senate yesterday passed a resolution and called for the submission of the 2014 national conference report.
The report on submission will address the major problems rearing its ugly head on the ascending order of magnitude capable of tearing the country apart.
The motion of amendment moved by Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan titled '“The need for national unity and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria” ' was adopted and resolution taken by other 105 Senators after a 2-hour debate while the amendment seeking the submission of the confab report was moved by Senator Mao Ohuanbunwa and seconded by Senator Olamilekan Adeola amid the rising ethnic tension in the country.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the sitting, Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe, Shehu Sani, Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, Barnabas Gemade, Magnus Abe, Biodun Olujinmi, Binta Garba Marshi, Oluremi Tinubu, Adamu Aliero, Jonah Jang and Chukwuka Utazi, among others, supported the motion with different contributions.
Senator Ohuabunwa, who spoke on the need for restructuring, said the chamber needed to ensure dialogue and the implementation of the 2014 confab report.
Speaking further, the Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jang and his counterpart, former governor of Kebbi State, Senator Adamu Aliero asked the leadership of the Senate to immediately take steps to request for the report of the 2014 national conference.
He said, '' “In 2014, former President Goodluck Jonathan brought people from every ethnic nationality together in Abuja in what was called the national conference. It was chaired by Justice Legbo Kutigi. The participants came up with beautiful recommendations.
“This is the time to implement those recommendations. The Senate should demand for the outcome of that conference and find a way to implement them. That is the solution to these ethnic agitations. The outcome of the conference should be tabled for discussion,” he said.
“I want to align with what Senator Aliero said. I remember that the Seventh Senate said it did not recognise the national conference because they were the true representatives of the people.
“I think this is the time for the report of that conference to be debated. So many useful decisions were reached. We need to debate those recommendations and see how they can address the issues coming up now,” he said.
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