By Dayo Benson, James Ezema & Chukwukwuma Nwakamma

LAGOS CALLS for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference, SNC,
re-echoed, yesterday, in Lagos as political leaders and other stakeholders spoke
in its favour at a book launch cum discussion session.

Those who spoke at the presentation of the book entitled: Nigeria:
Africa's Failed Asset? written by second republic politician and Afenifere
chieftain, Chief Olaniwun Ajayi, include former governor of Ogun State, Chief
Olusegun Osoba and NADECO chieftain, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (rtd).

Others at the event include Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, Governor of the Central Bank,
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former governors, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of Lagos State; Niyi
Adebayo of Ekiti State; Bisi Akande of Osun State who is also the Action Congress
National Chairman; former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, Prof. Attahiru Jega; Chief Kessington Adebutu, Prof Akin Mabogunje, the
book reviewer; Prof. Adigun Agbaje, among other notable Nigerians.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Sagay said the time is ripe for a meeting of ethnic
communities and nationalities in a Sovereign National Conference.

I certainly support a national conference. The need for sovereign conference
stems from structural imbalance and that imbalance occurred from the beginning.
That is what started the problem.

We can conne the centre to ve or six subjects and allow the states to keep all
their resources and pay some sum to the centre in order to run the centre.
It is the states that should actually contribute for the running of the centre
and not the centre asking the states to come cap in hand every month to collect
bowl for the states only to come back for more bowl which the centre does not
create.

The federal government is the poorest government in this country economically.
Most of the money it is dolling out every month come from the states. So, we
must reverse that situation, Sagay said.

Also speaking in the same vein, Rear Admiral Kanu said there was need for the
country to be restructured along federal line.

I am very much involved, we have to change Nigeria. We want Nigeria to go
back to a federation. That's the only way it can work. We have left being a
federal country and become a unitary country over some time.
Any other thing you talk about, corruption, whether you say the north is to blame
or not, we are all Nigerians. Nothing will really work until you go back to a
federation, Kanu said.

Stressing the need for a sovereign national conference, Chief Osoba said, “Of
course, we know that over the years we've wasted our resources while
countries like Singapore and Malaysia, Ghana are developing, we remain static.
So, who is to blame?

All of us, we should all stand up in unison and come together and fight for our
rights.
According to one of the discussants, Rueben Abati, I agree with the
proposition that Nigeria has been mismanaged and terribly too, but I do not quite
share the view that it is only the north that should be blamed.

The truth of the matter is that the blame for the mismanagement of Nigeria is a
collective one. If Nigeria is a failed state, if it has not been able to realise her
potential to the fullest, it is because of the conspiracy of the elite.

For you to run a good country, for you to have development, you must have
a political elite that is driven by the power of ideas, that is enlightened.

Part of the problems we have had in this country is at the level of management,
you nd that people are anti-intellectual, people go out of their way to surprise
the educated person since because they are in fact afraid of ideas.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/sagay-others-make-fresh-call-for-sovereign-confab/

Who will dig out this type of Article.

This was in 2009, but he is here today inciting Buhari to go and kill more youths than they've killed already.

Brandstudio01:
Anyway, it's better late than never

protests:
This was in 2009, but he is here today inciting Buhari to go and kill more youths than they've killed already.

Are you serious

Ok

Yes, that article is a 2009 article. Shows how we landed Nigeria in this mess.
Today he is threatening youths protesting peacefully.
https://www.nairaland.com/6176999/endsars-why-fg-may-forcefully#94880123

Brandstudio01:
Are you serious

The Next Protdst Should Focus On This Confab Implimentation

See them aggregation of political criminals. Now are now in power all of a sudden National conference is no longer what is needed.

Look this thieves. Only looking for how to get political power for their own selfish. God will punish them and their generations. Old criminals

Kick out the Dullard first....!

The need for sovereign conference stems from structural imbalance and that imbalance occurred from the beginning.That is what started the problem.

See the hypocrites then.Today they are benefitting from the one Nigeria fraud hence dont wants to hear anything restructuring or SNC.

The same ediots have gone against everything dey were calling for when dey were looking to grab power... Now Nigerians can all go to hell

protests:

Yes, that article is a 2009 article. Shows how we landed Nigeria in this mess.
Today he is threatening youths protesting peacefully.
https://www.nairaland.com/6176999/endsars-why-fg-may-forcefully#94880123

I'm telling you

If the Nigerian youths continue with this momentum, we will get the desired change this country needs.

We are getting to that stage...

Following... The evil political elite of this Country will surely reap their rewards in hell. They along with their over pampered, fat fed abroad children.
NO TO BAD LEADERS. YES TO RESTRUCTURING.
NIGERIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN. GOD BLESS US.
Modified:
Dear Nairalanders, my sister was just suspended on Twitter for consistently retweeting #endsars posts. Please what can be done to reverse this evil ban. Please your wise suggestions are well needed. God bless all wise and hardworking NLs
Cc: Romanoff, protests.

Armed robbers, so as to collect jumbo pay from our money in the name of comitee sittings.

Another one.

This how this Nation Can be Change...we have been quiet for too long

Mad man

Racoon:

See the hypocrites then.Today they are benefitting from the one Nigeria fraud hence dont wants to hear anything restructuring or SNC.

he is a pretender and scammer