. . . . . . . .STATE OF THE NATION: TY DANJUMA, SULE, SOYINKA, OTHERS MEET Prominent elder statesmen and leaders of thought from across the six geopolitical zones of the country will, next week, meet in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to discuss the future of the country. The political summit is being convened by the Project Nigeria - National Consensus Group. According to the group, some of the eminent national leaders of thought expected to lead delegations and spearhead discussions at the confab include former minister of defence General Theophilus Danjuma, Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka (the lead speaker), and former minister of petroleum and chairman, Northern Elders Forum, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule. Others are legal luminary Prof. Ben Nwabueze, former vice president Alex Ekwueme, Chief Edwin Clark, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, HRM Amayanabo Alfred Diete-Spiff, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, and former Plateau State governor Chief Solomon Lar. The group is headed by Prof Nwabueze while a committee on the conference will be chaired by a former minister of finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma. The summit is expected to set off a process for consultations and political negotiations towards an enduring solution to the heightening tension in the country. In a statement made available yesterday by the head of communications of the summit secretariat, Malam Naseer Kura, the group said the national political summit is convened to douse the tension created by the emergency situation in the country. “The emergency national consultative meeting is designed to bring together distinguished statesmen, government functionaries, political and religious leaders of thought from the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria to discuss and negotiate an agreed modality for securing the stability and future of Nigeria.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:41:28 +0000
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