Ever since my time in college av had and still hear calls for SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE...
Which makes me to ask what is d need for SNC...
WILL SNC SOLVE 70% OF NIGERIA'S PROBLEM??
WILL SNC STOP CORRUPTION??
WILL SNC MAKE OUR COUNRTY WORK AGAIN?
WILL SNC STOP ASUU FROM EMBARKING ON UNNECCESSARY STRIKE?
WILL SNC HELP CURB TERRORISM??
WILL SNC IMPROVE OUR HEALTH SYSTEM?
WILL SNC BUILD US ESSENTIAL infrastructural Amenities ?
WILL SNC IMPROVE OUR ERRATIC POWER SUPPLY?"
WILL SNC Guarantee D INDEPENDENCE OF D JUDICIARY?

Too Numerous to mention....dats Y am asking what are d Importance of SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE??...

A Pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere
Renewal Group (ARG), has condemned
the call for a Sovereign National
Conference (SNC) by Senate President,
David Mark.
In a statement released on Thursday,
the group said Mr. Mark’s sudden call
for the convening of a SNC is
suspicious as the senate president had
few weeks ago described the SNC as
not workable under the 1999
constitution.
“Mark, at the NBA annual conference
in Calabar had said Sovereign
National Conference is not workable
under the 1999 Constitution. But in his
speech on Tuesday, Mark not only
agreed that SNC is possible under
1999 Constitution, he saw it as a way
for Nigeria to stop playing the ostrich
and to “confront structural
distortions,” the statement reads.
The group described Mr. Mark’s
proposal as piecemeal and a
democratic robbery.
“We condemn Mark’s morbid
obsession for the false inviolability of
1999 Constitution, a recurring theme
in his speech. We wish to restate, for
the umpteenth time, that Nigerians
are not made for the law and as such,
their fate cannot be sealed, as Mark
wants, by the Constitution. His job
will be more fruitful if he directs the
affairs of his office by the conviction
that NASS represents the people and
not the constitution,” the group said.
The group also flayed Mr. Mark’s
description of the SNC as a sectional
agenda.
“We do not believe that SNC will serve
Yoruba interest the most. In fact, the
Ijaws stand to benefit more. But of
what use is prosperity when there is
no peace? It therefore makes sense for
peace that the Ijaws keep their oil
proceeds and pay royalty to the
Federal Government,” it said.
Further, ARG said Mr. Mark’s version
of the SNC is even more suspicious as
it is stripped of the “God-given
sovereignty”.
“He offered no reason for this
democratic robbery other than his
morbid fear that doing so can lead to
fragmentation of the country.
However, the current situation in the
country is such that the constituent
ethnic nations do not need Mark’s
sermon to agree to stay together as a
nation and he cannot stop them if
they decide to part ways,” the
statement reads.
The statement said the fear expressed
by Mr. Mark would not have been an
issue if he had carried out his
assignment adequately as required
by law.
The organisation said its call for an
SNC is predicated on its believe that
“The lot of this country will not
change for good until we find the
courage to summon all ethnic nations
to the table of brotherhood to fashion
out a new constitution as the current
effort at constitutional review is a
futile exercise that can never foster
our nationhood.”
“We agree that SNC will bring its own
challenges but those are blessed
difficulties, the type that everyone
prays for because it brings peace and
prosperity. Convoking SNC is not a
favour done to Nigerians but a golden
service that will be cherished forever.
It is not a question of “if” but “when”
and we believe the time is now.
Nigeria must restructure or it will
rupture.”
source: Premium Times

‘Supporters of SNC asking for civil
war’
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 BY ALLWELL
OKPI
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Convener, Coalition of
Northern Leaders, Dr. Junaid
Mohammed
Convener, Coalition of Northern
Leaders, Dr. Junaid Mohammed
The National Coordinator of the
Coalition of Northern Politicians,
Academics, Professionals and
Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed,
has criticised the call for a sovereign
national conference, saying the
proponents of the conference are
asking for another civil war.
In an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH ,
Mohammed said the conference would
not solve the problems of corruption,
illiteracy and poverty facing the
country and noted that such national
conferences had yielded negative
results in countries such as Niger
Republic, Benin Republic, Rwanda,
and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He said, “The most spectacular failure
of the national conference system is
that of DR Congo. DR Congo is a big
country with big problems. It’s a
classical example of what you call a
failed state. They held a sovereign
national conference with so much
fanfare. At the end of the day, what
they had was not only a coup but a
revolution.
“So, I have news for those who believe
national conference is the panacea for
the problems of Nigeria. Most of the
problems of Nigeria today are
contextual problems. The sovereign
national conference in Nigeria will
not solve the problems of corruption,
illiteracy and poverty. It will not give
an honest and realistic government
and it will not give a sincere and
responsible revenue allocation
formula. These are the problems of
Nigeria.
“No country, so far, has disintegrated
peacefully. What they are asking or
demanding is that we go through
another civil war. If they want that,
they are more than welcome. But they
should be man enough to come out
and say we want to disintegrate this
country and we are prepared for the
consequences. The first consequence is
war; the second is the attendant
consequences of war. We don’t have
anything to fear.”
Mohammed argued that the North
had far more advantage over the
South, when it comes to war, stating
that any set of people who attempt to
disintegrate the country would be
crushed in the way of Biafra.
“The last time the Igbo carried out
their own coup, in which they killed
people from other ethnic groups and
there was retaliation and they started
talking about war, we had war. Who
lost? They did.
Over one million lives were lost and
over 90 per cent of them were Igbo.
And the people who instigated the
Igbo to go to war were Lagosians.
When they took up the challenge,
these people withdrew from them. If
they want that now, I wish them
good luck” he said.
Source: The punch

Why are Some group supporting, other opposing?