Nwabueze, Nyiam, Gwadabe, 10 others make confab c’ttee

The Federal Government, Tuesday night, announced the names of  members of the Advisory Committee on National dialogue.
President Jonathan, had earlier today,  in the Independence Day broadcast revealed Dr. Femi Okurunmu and Dr. Akilu Indabawa as chairman and secretary of the committee, respectively.
However, in a statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim, other members of the committee are:  Prof George Obiozo, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, Sen. Khairat Gwadabe, Sen. Timothy Adudu, Col. Tony Nyiam (Rtd), Prof. Funke Adebayo.
Others include,  Dr. Mairo Ahmed Amshi, Dr. Abubakar Sadiq, Alh. Dauda Birma,Mallam Buhari Bello and  Mr. Tony Uranta.

According to Anyim, the terms of reference for the committee includes; to consult expeditiously with all relevant stakeholders with a view to drawing up a feasible agenda for the proposed national dialogue/conference; to make recommendations to government on structure and modalities for the proposed national dialogue/conference; to make recommendations to government on how representation of various interest groups at the national dialogue/conference will be determined; to advise on a time frame for the national dialogue/conference; to advise government on a legal framework for the national dialogue/conference; to advise government on legal procedures and options for integrating decisions and outcomes of the national dialogue/ conference into the constitution and laws of the nation; to advise Government on any other matters that may be related or incidental to the proposed national dialogue/conference
The SGF said the Committee will be inaugurated by President Jonathan on Monday, 7th October, 2013.

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