Politics
Summary Of The National Confab 2014 Recommendations

– 1. Qualification to Contest For President
Anybody aspiring to become the country’s President must be a degree holder.
– 2. Rotation of Presidency
Rotation of Presidency between the North and South and governorship among the three senatorial districts of each state.
– 3. Decamping (Cross-Carpeting)
Any elected official, executive or legislative, who carpet-cross, regardless of the reasons for such, shall automatically forfeit his seat.
– 4. Mineral Exploration
Excess revenue should be used for exploration of mineral resources in every part of the country.
– 5. Acting President
Where the President dies in office or incapacitated, impeached or where he resigns, the Vice President shall operate in acting capacity for a period of 90 days during which an election to the same office would be conducted.
– 6. Rotation of the Presidency
When a president leaves under any of the circumstances stated above, another president would be elected from the same zone where the previous one came from.
– 7. Open Grazing
Cattle routes and grazing reserves be phased out to lay emphasis on ranching.
– 8. New State For South East
There shall be created an additional state for the South-East Zone to make the zone have equal number of states with the other zones except the North West which has seven.
– 9. The States For The Regions
Creation of another 18 new states (three per geo-political zone, this means SE will now have 4).
– 10. Fiscal Sharing Formula
The sharing of the funds to the Federation Account among the three tiers of government should be done in the following manner: Federal Government – 42.5%, State Governments – 35% and Local Governments 22.5% as opposed to the prevailing 52.68 %, 26.72% and 20.60% respectively.
– 11. Form of Government
Modified Presidential System, a home-made model of government that effectively combines the presidential and parliamentary systems of government. The president shall pick the vice president from the Legislature.
– 12. Appointment of Ministers
The President should select not more than 18 ministers from the six geo -political zones and not more than 30% of his ministers from outside the Legislature. Reduce Cost of governance by pruning the number of political appointees and using staff of ministries where necessary.
– 13. Legislature
The legislature should remain Bi-cameral but all elected members of the legislative arms of all the tiers of government should serve on part-time basis.
– 14. Local Government Autonomy
Local Government will no longer be the third tier of government. The federal and states are now to be the only tiers of government. States can now create as many local governments as they want.
The Joint State/Local Government Account be scrapped and in its place the establishment of a State RMAFC with representatives of LG and a Chairman nominated by the Governor.
The Constitution should fix the tenure for Local Government Councils at three years. Conference recommends the scrapping of State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECs.
– 15. Immunity
The immunity clause should be removed if the offences attract criminal charges to encourage accountability by those managing the economy.
– 16. Independent Candidacy
Every Nigerian who meets the specified condition in the Electoral Act should be free to contest elections as an independent candidate.
– 17. Anti-corruption
Anybody arraigned before the court by EFCC, ICPC and by any law enforcement agencies, the accused person will be regarded as guilty, unlike the present situation where he is innocent until proven guilty.
Plus, complete abolition of the concept of plea bargain by the Federal government
– 18. State Police
States who want it should have it.
– 19. National Anthem
The old National Anthem should be re-introduced
– 20. Religion Taxes and Pilgrimages
Religious institutions to pay tax, abolition of pilgrimage sponsorship
– 21. Mission Schools
Public schools taken over by various state governments across the country forty two years ago would henceforth be returned to the religious missions which were the original owners
Politics
Tinubu reforms are in the right direction but social security nets to helo people cushion the effect of his reforms are needed- Okonjo-Iweala

President Bola Tinubu had a closed door meeting the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja today August 14.
Tinubu and Okonjo-Iweala were in a closed-door meeting at the nation’s political capital where they discussed trade matters as they relate to national, continental and global relevance.
After the meeting, the former Minister of Finance spoke to State House correspondents. She stated that the President’s economic policies are working and that it has been able to stabilize the economy.
In her words
‘’We (The WTO) think the President and his team have worked hard to stabilize the economy and you cannot improve on an economy unless it is stable so he has to be given the credit for stability of the economy. The reforms have been in the right direction, What is needed next is growth. We now need to grow the economy and we need to put in social safety net so that people who are feeling the pinch of the reforms can also have some support to be able to weather the hardship’’
Politics
Kebbi ADC suspends state chairman, two others

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has suspended its chairman, Engineer Sufiyanu Bala, along with his deputy, Junaidu Muhammed Mudi, and the state secretary, Hauwa Muhammed.
Speaking to journalists in Birnin Kebbi, the party’s publicity secretary, Jamilu Muhammed, accused the Sufiyanu-led leadership of making decisions without consulting other executives.
“We address you today to announce the immediate suspension of Sufiyanu Bala, his deputy, and secretary Hauwa from the party with immediate effect,” he said.
Muhammed alleged that the suspended leaders allowed Abuja nomadic politicians to dominate the party, a move strongly opposed by the founding members.
“We will not, after tailoring the party to its present status, allow Abuja politicians to dominate it,” he added.
According to him, the decision came after an extraordinary meeting of loyal ADC members and stakeholders who have been with the party long before the coming of Abuja impostors.
The party has appointed Abdulrazaq Abubakar Isah Iko as interim chairman and Adamu Aliyu as acting secretary until a new congress is held.
The Kebbi ADC warned the suspended members to stop identifying themselves as party officials or carrying out activities in the party’s name.
It also condemned political gatherings organised by the suspended officials, saying such actions violate the Electoral Act.
Politics
Ekwunife blasts Soludo, says government House not his birthright

Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Uche Ekwunife has warned Governor Soludo to get ready to hand over power, insisting that the government house is not his birthright.
Senator Ekwunife stated this while addressing party faithful in her country home in Nri, Anaocha Council area of the state where she described the administration of the governor as an abysmal failure in all round development and security of lives and property.
“Soludo and I are not at war, what is happening is that what he is currently holding is what we want. The constitution of Nigeria made it four year term for every elected governor. And if you do well, you will be re-elected but in the case of Soludo, it is obvious he has lost touch with governance and that is why APC has presented veritable platform for the people of the state to reclaim their state from APGA misrule.
“The governor, rather than concentrate on positive governance, has been going about crying like a baby, calling my name up and down and we are not losing sleep over his rantings. He has not done well to deserve a second term and that is why the state seems to be on autopilot for four years.
“I make bold to say that Soludo was smart to have hurriedly parked into the uncompleted Anambra State government House, which goes to tell his state of panicky mood of losing this election which is going to happen. But he has forgotten that government is a continuum and when one stops, another person takes over and that is why we presented a veritable alternative to Ndi Anambra.”
Also speaking during the programme, the former Minister of State, Science and Technology, Henry Ikoh described the governorship election in the state as very vital in order to connect the state to the mainstream politics of Nigeria and called for total and massive votes for the party and her candidates, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu and Senator Uche Ekwunife.
Ikoh said the time for the party to clinch Anambra State has come with the massive mobilization of stakeholders across the state and county in general to support the party and ensure smooth victory in the November 8 governorship election.
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