Professor Pat Utomi in a fresh interview with Vanguard has said
he has little or no time for the on-going conference because the people there
aren’t the ones meant to be there. He says the people selected are people of
old, and their thinking has expected is old, so little or nothing will come out
of it. He stated categorically that it
was a waste of billions of naira from tax payers' money.
When asked if he thinks the confab can come up with a
solution facing Nigeria as a country, with the split of the South and the North
over derivation Prof. Pat Utomi said;
Without being temperamental, I have very little time for the
CONFAB. If this group of people can recommend a 19 state for Nigeria, they have
no idea of what they are doing.
Then the reporter what forward to ask him what he meant by his
statement and he said;
The reason is very simple, the CONFAB delegates were
selected from yesterday and their focus is on yesterday. So somehow they cannot
see tomorrow. Imagine yesterday’s quarrel being re-fired and yesterday’s
sharing formula is being thought through rather than tomorrow’s bills being
discussed. So they are focusing on yesterday challenges and losing sight of
tomorrows challenges.
The national conference is a waste of billions of naira of
the tax payers’ money. Lest we forget, I was one of those who pioneered the
call for a true Sovereign National Conference
but it appeared it was manipulated in a way that the wrong people were
called upon to be delegates.
Although there are some good selected few among them that see more clearly but their understanding is so limited which would do lasting damage on the country. The understanding of most of those in the conference is so much on yesterday.
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