{"id":15008,"date":"2017-07-04T19:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T19:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=15008"},"modified":"2017-07-04T19:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T19:21:33","slug":"from-the-archives-key-recommendations-reached-during-2014-national-confab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=15008","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE ARCHIVES: KEY RECOMMENDATIONS REACHED DURING 2014 NATIONAL CONFAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 RELIGION ===============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: The Conference recommended that there will be no government sponsorship of Christian and Muslim pilgrimages to the holy lands. It also resolved that churches and mosques should begin to pay tax to government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 LAND TENURE ACT ==============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: The Land Tenure Act should remain in the Constitution but be amended to take care of those concerns, particularly on compensation in Section 29 (4) of the Act to read \u201cland owners should determine the price and value of their land based on open market value.<\/div>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 ANTI-CORRUPTION ===============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: A Special Courts to handle corruption cases should be established in the light of undue prolongation in the trials and prosecution of corruption cases in the regular courts. A non-conviction-based asset forfeiture law should be enacted with broad provisions to deal with all issues of proceeds of crimes by the anti-graft agencies and the courts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY ===============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: It recommended that every Nigerian who meets the specified condition in the Electoral Act should be free to contest elections as an independent candidate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022IMMUNITY CLAUSE ==============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>2014 NC: The immunity clause should be removed if the offences attract criminal charges to encourage accountability by those managing the economy.<\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ===============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: Local Government will no longer be the third tier of government. The federal and states are now to be the only tiers of government. States can now create as many local governments they want. The Joint State\/Local Government Account be scrapped and in its place the establishment of a State RMAFC with representatives of LG and a Chairman nominated by the Governor. The Constitution should fix the tenure for Local Government Councils at three years. Conference recommends the scrapping of State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 POWER SHARING\/ROTATION ================<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: Recommended that the presidential power should rotate between the North and the South and among the six geo-political zones while the governorship will rotate among the three senatorial districts in a state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 LEGISLATURE ==============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: Bi-cameral legislature, but all elected members of the legislative arms of all the tiers of government should serve on part-time basis<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ================<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: Recommended the Modified Presidential System, a home-made model of government that effectively combines the presidential and parliamentary systems of government. The president shall pick the vice president from the Legislature. The President should select not more than 18 ministers from the six geo -political zones and not more than 30% of his ministers from outside the Legislature. Reduce Cost of governance by pruning the number of political appointees and using staff of ministries where necessary.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 PUBLIC FINANCE\/REVENUE ALLOCATION =================<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: That the sharing of the funds to the Federation Account among the three tiers of government should be done in the following manner: Federal Government \u2013 42.5%, State Governments \u2013 35% and Local Governments 22.5%.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/National-confab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14845\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/National-confab-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/National-confab-300x182.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/National-confab.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022RESOURCE CONTROL\/DERIVATION PRINCIPLE\/FISCAL FEDERALISM=================<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a02014 NC: The Conference noted that assigning percentage for the increase in derivation principle, and setting up Special Intervention Funds to address issues of reconstruction and rehabilitation of areas ravaged by insurgency and internal conflicts as well as solid minerals development, require some technical details and consideration. The Conference therefore recommends that Government should set up a Technical Committee to determine the appropriate percentage on the three issues and advise government accordingly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 CREATION OF 18 NEW STATES ==============<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2014 NC: Recommended the creation of 18 new states (three per geo-political zone). Among them are Apa, Edu, Kainji, Katagum, Savannah, Amana, Gurara, Ghari, Etiti (South East zone), Aba, Adada, Njaba-Anim, Anioma, Orashi, Ogoja, Ijebu and New Oyo. Apart from the 18 proposed states, the Conference also recommended one new states for the South East to make the zone have equal number of states with the other zones except the North West which has seven. It also recommended that states willing to merge can also do so based on agreement and referendum.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is the only way to make Nigeria one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 RELIGION =============== 2014 NC: The Conference recommended that there will be no government sponsorship of Christian and Muslim pilgrimages to the holy lands. It also resolved that churches and mosques should begin to pay tax to government. \u2022 LAND TENURE ACT ============== 2014 NC: The Land Tenure Act should remain in the Constitution but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[3945],"class_list":["post-15008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-2014-national-confab"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/National-confab.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-3U4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15009,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15008\/revisions\/15009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}