Confab Won’t Be A Waste Of Time, Resources – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the 2014 National Conference will not be a waste of time and resources.
He gave the assurance yesterday while receiving the report of the conference from its chairman, Hon Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, former chief justice of Nigeria.
The president, who formally declared the conference closed, said “As I receive the report of your painstaking deliberations, let me assure you that your work is not going to be a waste of time and resources. We shall do all we can to ensure the implementation of your recommendations which have come out of consensus and not by divisions.
“The discourse reflected our latest challenges. We shall send the relevant aspects of your recommendations to the Council of States and the National Assembly for incorporation into the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On our part, we shall act on those aspects required of us in the Executive”.
Stating that the success of the conference, which was inaugurated on March 17, 2014 has proved the cynics wrong in many aspects, President Jonathan also revealed that the federal government decided not to interfere in the proceedings of the conference when it appeared overwhelmed by challenges of consensus at the initial stage.
“One of the many reasons for our non-interference is this: we have at the conference, 492 delegates and six conference officials who all in their individual rights are qualified to lead our great country and if they were unable to agree on how to take decisions, we would be in real trouble! Acknowledging the quality and patriotic content of the delegates, I was confident the right thing will be done,” he said.
Speaking earlier, the conference chairman, Justice Kutigi revealed that the conference approved over 600 resolutions, some dealing with issues of law, policy and constitutional amendments.