Council of State endorses national conference

    
The Council of State on Tuesday endorsed the proposed national conference and assured maximum support to ensure its success.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State disclosed this to State House correspondents after the council’s meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Fielding questions from newsmen after the six-hour meeting, Okorocha said the council commended Jonathan for initiating the confab.

He said Imo State would send delegates to the conference in spite of the fact that his party, the APC, was yet to take a position on sending delegates to it.

Okorocha said, “We discussed the national conference, which we see as a welcome development.  The conference is a good development. Discussions were not along party lines.”

The governor said the council admonished politicians to guard against provocative utterances that could tear the country apart ahead of the 2015 general elections.

“We have to adopt some new strategies on how to move the nation forward. Politicians have been warned against unguarded utterances so as not to heat up the polity.

“The meeting has helped to resolve a lot of issues,” he said.

He added that the meeting also adopted some new strategies for tackling security issues in the country.

“On centenary, we said Nigeria must stay together as a nation,” he said.

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State said the President presented a list of the new Chairman and members for the National Population Commission to the council for approval.