Resource Control Trouble May Split Nigeria —N/Delegates

Northern Delegates’ Forum at the National Conference has said the proposals by Committee on Devolution of Power on the ownership and control of Nigeria’s mineral resources may split the country. The forum said it was opposed to some of the proposals to protect the unity of the country.

The conference had witnessed rowdy sessions due to deep divisions among delegates on some proposals by the committee. The rowdy session at the conference on Thursday had forced the chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi, to adjourn plenary abruptly till Monday.

The NDF’s spokesperson said, “The North believes resource control or ownership by constituent parts of the country would make the centre weak and tilt the country towards a confederal arrangement — a harbinger for split.