The 20 committees of the National Conference holding in Nigeria have commenced their sitting and consideration of the different themes the conference hopes to make key recommendations on.
Some of the committees immediately started outlining their work plan, with a few planning to invite different agencies of the Nigerian government to make presentations before them.
Other committees have also taken steps to ensure they complete their work within the two weeks given for committee work like deciding to sit on Friday and Saturday.
The conference delegates are entering into a more critical part of their assignment aimed at finding solutions to some challenges and making the country’s future better.
Extension of Conference Period
But the issue of the amount of work on ground and the time available is another one that the conference would have to decide on.
The conference has three months to deliberate on issues, but the possibility of extending the period of the conference has been mentioned by some delegates of the conference, as almost one month had been spent on discussing the issues that President Goodluck Jonathan mentioned in his inaugural speech.
Debate on how resolutions can be reached on issues and other administrative issues also took the delegates time to decide on.
Now that the committees have started work, the issue of extension will depend on their resolve to sit on Friday and Saturday.
A delegate, Atedo Peterside, had said that an extension of the conference period would amount to additional pay for the delegates, a development he said Nigerians would not welcome. he said that the conference would do all it could to ensure that all issues were discussed and concluded before the end of the three-month period.
According to the approved work plan for the conference, the committees have two weeks to complete their work.
The weeks ahead will determine if the time given will be sufficient or not.
