Southern senators converge in Calabar for a 2-day meeting

macfranc007 November 24, 2017 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 Adeola Opeyemi

- Senators from southern states meet for a conference in Calabar, Cross River

- The senators discussed national unity and restructuring at the meeting

- The meeting, led by deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, will last 2 days

Senators from southern part of Nigeria, on Friday, November 24, met in Calabar, Cross River state, for a 2-day conference on national unity and restructuring.

According to a report by Punch, The conference, tagged "National Unity and Restructuring" was headed by deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu.

Ekweremadu, in his keynote address at the opening session of the 2 days conference said: “To ensure equity, justice and prosperity of the various families and sections; and to allay fears of possible domination, our founding fathers settled for a federal constitution or structure after various conferences on the type of building, the architectural design, number of rooms and rules of cohabitation.

“Sadly, the rain started beating us from that fateful January coup, especially following the violation of the covenant of our fathers by the promulgation of Unitary Decree 1966. Although the July 1966 counter-coup was, among other things, predicated on the need to correct the General Aguyi Ironsi’s misadventure, subsequent regimes after him have steadily and deliberately corrupted the architectural design and undone all the foundations laid by the founding fathers.”

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the Nigerian Senate has started investigation into a Tuesday, November 21 clash that occurred between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the State Security Service (SSS) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

The Senate lunched investigation into the issue on Wednesday, November 22, during plenary after Senator Dino Melaye raised an order on the matter.

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