NLC kicks against constitutional conference

•Mark urged to face legislative matters
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday
urged Senate President David Mark to focus on
his legislative assignments rather than
diverting attention to national conference.
The Labour also asked Mark to stop blowing
hot and cold on the constitutional conference.
It’s National Vice President Comrade Issa
Aremu told reporters yesterday in Ilorin, the
Kwara State capital at the sideline of the 25th
national education conference of the National
Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring
Workers of Nigeria.
Aremu added that “this is a Senate president
that has presided over constitutional
amendment with billions of Naira voted for it,
which has not been concluded and mid way he
is already singing different song.”
The labour leader said that the NLC is totally
opposed to sovereign national conference,
arguing that it is diversionary.
Said Aremu: “He was also opposed to any form
of conference before, what has changed? He
should preside over a Senate that would pass
laws for good governance and there are lots of
bills waiting on his table. They should not
divert our attention to another wastage of
money on national conference.
“The so-called demand for sovereign national
conference is more of a diversion and
unconstitutional. The take of labour is that we
are not a debating society. Nigeria should be
functional, we spend all the time agonising and
questioning the viability of a country when we
should rather organise our thoughts to make
the country work.
“Labour is opposed to sovereign national
conference. It is moving against the trend of
the world and I think it is even wrong to say
Nigeria is too big. Our size is an asset. What
we need are leaders to turn these potentials to
reality.
“The proposed conference is unconstitutional
because with all the imperfections of the
existing dispensation whether we like it or not
we have elected a president who has specific
mandate and he got elected based on certain
promises to the nation. We have constituted
the National Assembly. We have 36 governors,
they are elected, they must deliver on their
mandate. Nobody should short change mid-
way.”