CONFAB Delegates Selected Are Of Old, Little Or Nothing Should Be Expected From Them- Prof. Utomi

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.
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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.