The Senate has welcomed the announcement of convocation of a National Conference made by President Goodluck Jonathan in his national broadcast marking Nigeria’s 53rd Independence Anniversary.

In a statement from the Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs Senator Enyinaya Abaribe, it stated that the Senate notes that the national confab as announced is limited to the scope where the sovereignty of Nigeria is not called to question.

Senator Abaribe further stated that the Senate’s red-line and which was aptly factored in the President’s broadcast is the conferment of a sovereign status to the conference as the Senate has always believed that there cannot be two sovereigns at a time.

It further stated that the Senate will always welcome a conference where all ethnic nationalities would converge to discuss critical issues and proffer the very best way that would enhance national unity.