Committees of the National Conference have started taking positions on critical issues that will help reshape Nigeria.
After their deliberations on Monday, the Committee on Devolution told reporters that it had amended the revenue allocation formula for the three tiers of government while the Committee on Politics and Governance said it had agreed on the need to remove immunity clause from the 1999 constitution.
It is the start of the third week since the committees started deliberations. Some of the committees decided to meet behind closed doors while others allowed journalists to observe their proceedings.
Some of the committees’ chairmen said the committees’ works were progressing well, but there have been increasing doubts that the committees would finish their works within the stipulated time.
Meanwhile, news of the death of a delegate, Dr Mohammed Jumare, from Kaduna State was announced by the conference secretariat.
Dr Jumare, who came to the conference as an elder statesman died in the early hours of Monday in Abuja and was buried later in the day in Zaria.