The National Conference, which began on March 17,
came to an end on Thursday morning.
The series of meetings the Confab chairman, Idris
Kutigi, held with zonal leaders on Wednesday paid off
as the delegates agreed on a position on the
controversial draft constitution.
The confab ended with a minor amendment to the
third volume of its report, replacing the draft
constitution to read “Resolutions of the conference as
draft amendments to 1999 constitution.”
The motion for the adoption of the confab report was
jointly sponsored by Jerry Okwuonu and former
Rivers state Governor, Peter Odili “to mandate the
secretariat to vet and effect amendment to the three
reports prepared by the secretariat.”
In the motion, the two delegates stated that:
“Whereas the secretariat has done a very marvellous
job of compiling the report of the Conference and
presenting same to us in easily readable and cross-
checkable format; and whereas delegates have
perused all the reports and submitted in writing all
items of omission or incorrect addition to the final
report; and bearing in mind the dual necessity of
bringing the conference to a close for purposes of not
unduly over-reaching the logistics provision of the
conference and not unnecessarily prolonging the
continued conglomeration of people in contradiction
to the prescription of Health Authorities especially as
the country tackles the Ebola crisis. It is hereby
moved that the secretariat be mandated to vet all
the written submission by delegates and make
necessary correction thereby providing the final draft
of the Conference reports.”
Another motion to slightly amend the earlier motion
was taken for a change in the nomenclature of one of
the volumes of the reports from Draft Constitution to
Proposed Amendments to the 1999 Constitution was
moved by another delegate Adamu Waziri.
Reading a copy of his motion, Mr. Waziri noted that
the Secretariat of the Conference had, on August 11,
tabled before delegates a draft report contained in
three volumes that were broken down into seven
chapters.
“In particular, we observed that Volume III, titled
Draft Constitution, conveyed an attempt to insert
various resolutions and recommendations of a
constitutional nature that were adopted by the
Conference as proposed amendments to the
appropriate sections of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
“We recall and welcome the clarification and
confirmation offered by Conference Chairman at
plenary on August 13, 2014 that indeed Volume III
contains proposals for the amendment of the 1999
Constitution. We urged the leadership of the
Conference, in collating the final report, to more
appropriately designate Volume 111 as: Draft
Proposals to Amend the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999,” he said.
Mr. Waziri then urged fellow delegates to pass the
motion and bring the confab to an end.
Mr. Kutigi called on Richard Akinjide to formally
move a motion for the adoption of the final
Conference Report.
Mr. Akinjide, while moving the motion, recalled his
days in parliament before Nigeria gained
independence and also after independence and
noted that it was an honour to be called upon to
move a motion for the adoption of the final report of
a “very successful conference”.
The youngest delegate to the Conference, 24-year-
old Yadoma Mandara, seconded the motion.
Shortly after, delegates took turns to pour encomium
on the leadership of the Conference for their maturity
in steering the conference proceedings.
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah,
gave a very moving vote of thanks which received
spontaneous applause from delegates.
A delegate representing the South South, Orok Duke,
read out a farewell poem titled “How Can We Say
Farewell” to the delegates.
After adoption of votes and proceedings for the day
based on a motion by Josephine Anenih and
seconded by Bello Mohammed, Mr. Kutigi called on
the Lamido Adamawa, Mohammed Mustapha, to
move a motion for the closure of the Conference.
Mike Ahamba, who seconded the motion, said
Thursday was a day of pride and honour because
“when we came here, nobody expected us to end this
way…We have disappointed the sceptics.”
With that comment, the 2014 National Conference
inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan on
March 17, 2014 came to a close.
Source: https://m.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/166726-update-national-conference-ends-delegates-adopt-final-report.html

Hmm, good news. Just hope they won't adopt crap into the legal system. Some of the delegates aren't comfortable with the report, that's a sign