My People:
Diaspora nko..? Quick economy-class, 2-star-hotel, 2-night visits to Washington, UK and Tokyo?
Just a thought....
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
Headed to ....Maiduguri?
| S/N | Town | Political Zone | Forum Date 2013 |
| 1 | Akure | South-West | Friday, October 18 |
| 2 | Jos | North Central | Monday, October 21 |
| 3 | Minna | North Central | Wednesday, October 23 |
| 4 | Calabar | South-South | Friday, October 25 |
| 5 | Benin | South-South | Monday, October 28 |
| 6 | Enugu | South-East | Tuesday, October 29 |
| 7 | Owerri | South-East | Wednesday, October 30 |
| 8 | Lagos | South-West | Thursday, October 31 |
| 9 | Sokoto | North-West | Monday, November 4 |
| 10 | Maiduguri | North-East | Tuesday, November 5 |
| 11 | Bauchi | North-East | Saturday, November 9 |
| 12 | Kaduna | North-West | Monday, November 11 |
| 13 | Abuja | FCT | Wednesday, November 13 |
THE NATION
Okurounmu panel begins town hall meetings
Posted by: Emmanuel Oladesu in News 20 hours ago
The National Conference Advisory Committee headed by Senator Femi Okurounmu will hold its nation-wide consultation in a town hall meeting format.
The committee will also hold a retreat, where there will be exchange of ideas and exchange of knowledge between it and experts who will act as resource persons.
The consultation across the six geo-political zones will kick off in the Southwest, with the first town hall meeting scheduled for Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday.
According to the committee chairman, Akure and Lagos were chosen by the committee for the Southwest town meetings, where the members of the committee will collate the views, ideas and opinions of the people.
He said: "We are going round the country to collate opinions on the terms of reference before us. All Nigerians are expected at the meetings. Nobody is excluded. You journalists are also expected because you are Nigerians"
Okurounmu did not disclose the structure of the meetings, the venues, time frame and logistic preparations.
He said: "The committee started sitting immediately after it was inaugurated in Abuja. The members of the committee are now doing consultations. It is a big task and we do not have the monopoly of ideas. That is why we are holding town meetings in two cities each across the six geo-political zones".
The other locations for the proposed meetings are Southeast: Enugu and Owerri; Southsouth: Calabar and Benin-City; Northcentral: Jos and Minna; Northeast: Maiduguri and Bauchi; and Northwest: Kaduna and Sokoto. The meetings will not take place at the proposed cities simultaneously.
After the inaugural meeting billed for Akure, the committee will hold the next one in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.
Another member of the committee said: "The committee members are the coordinators of the meetings. All Nigerians are invited. We know that all the people cannot attend in reality. But critical voices and representatives of ethno-national organisations—Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Afenifere, Ohaneze—are expected. At the town hall meetings, the committee will receive peoples' presentations. Memoranda will also be received through e-mails.
"The motive is to collate the peoples' opinions and advice. The committee will be driven by peoples advice. This is the first step in making the people to take the ownership of the process. There will be resource persons, not consultants, to assist the committee. Thus, there will be a retreat in-between the meetings to afford the members of the committee an opportunity to listen and tap from the experts".
The Secretary of the Afenifere faction led by Pa Rueben Fasoranti, Chief Sehinde Arogbofa, said the pan-Yoruba socio-political group was prepared for the meeting. Although he could not confirm the details of Afenifere's plans, he said: "Afenifere has been in the vanguard of the Sovereign National Conference. We are prepared to attend. We want it. Afenifere is meeting on it. We will have a representative there. Our leader will choose our representative".
The programme of the committee is as follows: Akure, Southwest, October 18; Jos, North Central, October 21; Minna, North Central, October 23; Calabar, South-south, October 25; Benin, South-south, October 28; Enugu, Southeast, October 29; Owerri, Southeast, October 30; Lagos, Southwest, October 31; Sokoto, Northwest, November 4; Maiduguri, Northeast, November 5; Bauchi, Northeast, November 9; Kaduna, Northwest, November 11 and Abuja, FCT, November 13
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