Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has kicked against ongoing call for implementation of the 2014 Goodluck Jonathan National Conference Report. The Forum claimed that it would be unfair to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to implement a report of a conference convoked by former President.
The Chairman of the forum, Abdullahi Adamu made the position of the forum known on Wednesday while speaking at the opening ceremony of the two-day retreat of NSF in Katsina. According to him;
“The report is a fallacy borne out of ignorance and there is nothing radical about it. It actually fell back on the status quo. It is mealy-mouthed about fiscal federalism. At the conference, the clamour for state police was deafening, yet what did the conference say about it? It merely recommended what it called second tier policing in the country with the modalities for implementation worked out between the centre and the constituent units of the federation.
We must also interrogate the legitimacy of the conference itself. Was it convened in accordance with the extant laws of the land? Was it intended to usurp the constitutional functions of the National Assembly? The time has come for the senators to make their views known as their silence should not be seen as a sign of weakness on issues. It is as if we are sleeping on duty."
The retreat was declared opening by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Governors, of Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara; the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar, and Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie. Meanwhile, 58 Senators from the region are currently attending the retreat.
