A National Conference Delegate, Issa Aremu, has said that the delegates at the ongoing national conference have made about 500 recommendations through consensus.
Some of the recommendations were reached after some committee’s reports were brought before the conference delegates for deliberation and adoption.
Some of the committees that their reports were considered before the conference adjourned until August 4, were those on youths, public finance, industry and investment, foreign policy, religion and immigration amongst others.
Mr Aremu said these recommendations were achieved through broad consensus.
“We never had disagreement in terms of acrimony, it takes a lot of negotiation before consensus were reached on the issues,” he said.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Tuesday, Mr Aremu stated that on August 4, when the delegates would seat to discuss reports and the recommendations made thus far, the resolutions reached would be looked at, to ensure that they were captured as deliberated.
He stated that the conference was not a constitutional conference but a conference put together by President Goodluck Jonathan to enable delegates dialogue over issues of national interest.
Mr Aremu noted that part of the discussions were on gender issues, policy which borders on the executive and legislative arms of government and those on unemployment.
Speaking as a Labour union delegate, Mr Aremu said that the conference recorded progress during plenaries, citing one of such progresses as issues pertaining to Labour, which he said were recommended to be on the exclusive list of the constitution.
He listed Labour issues such as, remuneration, pension, maternity and hours of work amongst as those attached to the recommendation, insisting that the conference had recorded more strength than weakness.
