The plenary session of the National Conference drew to a close on Monday following the completion of debate and adoption of resolutions arising from reports of 20 committees that considered critical issues arising from the convocation of the conference.
The Conference Chairman and a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi, said the next plenary session would be on August 4, 2014 when delegates would reassemble to consider and approve the final reports of the conference for presentation to the Federal Government.
Specifically on Monday, the conference formally adopted the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power but without conclusive decision on the vital issue of derivation principle and what percentage should be paid to mineral-producing areas.
After days of fruitless discussions by leaders of the geo-political zones at the conference, Justice Kutigi and other principal officers of the conference met with selected leaders of delegations to the confab; co-chairmen, chairmen and deputy chairmen of all the standing committees to decide on the matter.
The first meeting scheduled for Friday last week did not hold as most of the selected delegates scheduled had already concluded their travel plans in view of the imminent closure of Abuja airport that Friday for maintenance work on the runway.
As soon as the conference resumed on Monday, Justice Kutigi said, "I'm still of the view that the committee that is handling the matter of coming to a compromise will still do their job.
"We couldn't have the meeting on Friday. So, I am proposing that we give them two hours to meet with us."
He then invited the "Fifty wise men, committees co-chairmen, chairmen and deputy chairmen to meet now in our usual place." Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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