The National Conference on Monday amended its sitting period because of the perpetual Ramadan.
With effect from Monday (yesterday), delegates concurred to sit from 9am till 3:30pm, without observing a break.
The Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi (retd.), had apprised delegates afore the commencement of the deliberation on the report of the Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters, that there were suggestions on the desideratum to armed the sitting period.
Afore now, the conference sits from 9am to 2pm, when it would observe a break for lunch, resume at 4pm and then close anytime from 6pm.
While presenting the issue, Kutigi verbalized, “Before now, we work from 9am to 2pm, then from 4-6pm, but now we are suggesting that the sitting arrangement be amended.
“We have a suggestion that sitting should commence from 9am to 2pm, break at 4pm, while we resume and close by 5.30pm. The second is to work from 9am to 3.30pm without observing any break.”
Kutigi additionally told the delegates that his office had been inundated with complaints by delegates that they were not being called to contribute to debates.
Because of this, he verbalized the management had decided that each of the remaining reports would be treated in two days.
While a day would be devoted to the debate of each report, he verbally expressed the following day would used to take amendment and passing of the report.
He verbally expressed, “Many people have been incriminating us that we were not calling them during debate. That would be redressed.”
His deputy, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi verbalized, “You are going to have a sufficient time to read the reports. We won’t sneak anything into the committee and we won’t impose any report on the conference delegates.”
Additionally during the sitting on Monday, a delegate, Bishop Joseph Bagobiri, moved a kineticism asking Nigerians to pray for the Muslims, who are currently observing Ramadan.
He verbally expressed it was instructive that the National Conference was still perpetual during the Ramadan period, noting that the Christian fasting period was withal on when the national conference was inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan.