Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan says his administration has constituted a committee, led by Justice Alfa Belgore to bring up outstanding constitutional issues arising from the consensus reached at the 2006 national political reform conference for effective constitutional amendment.

Mr Jonathan made this statement on Wednesday at a parley with elders from the south-south and south-west geo-political zones, at the State House, in Abuja.

He explained that, “in recognition of the demands by Nigerians for a constitutional amendment, we set up the Justice Belgore committee to bring up all those issues which have been agreed upon at previous national conferences, for presentation as bills to the national assembly, and subsequent passage into law, while a larger body will meet on issues that are still controversial for a national consensus”.

The President also told the elders that government would strengthen the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), the Nigeria police, and ensure that people are not unduly exposed to corruptive influences, pointing to the decision to sell fertilizers and tractors directly to farmers, the house of representatives probe into the oil subsidy regime exposing the fact that continued subsidy in the petroleum sector was a catalyst to corruption, as some such efforts made so far