CONFAB Delegates Are Too Old To Lead Us Forward -Prof. Utomi

Professor Pat Utomi has come out and said that the on-
going national conference doesn't interest him due to the
old age and way of thinking of the delegates there.
He revealed that the old age of these delegate was on the
high side and said that the conference was just a waste of
money.
When asked what he thought about the recent split
between the south and north concerning the issue of state
creation.
He said: Without being temperamental, I have very little
time for the CONFAB. If this group of people can
recommend a 19 state for Nigeria, they have no idea of
what they are doing. Then the reporter what forward to ask
him what he meant by his statement and he said;
The reason is very simple, the CONFAB delegates were
selected from yesterday and their focus is on yesterday. So
somehow they cannot see tomorrow. Imagine yesterday's
quarrel being re-fired and yesterday's sharing formula is
being thought through rather than tomorrow's bills being
discussed. So they are focusing on yesterday challenges
and losing sight of tomorrows challenges.
The national conference is a waste of billions of naira of the
tax payers' money. Lest we forget, I was one of those who
pioneered the call for a true Sovereign National Conference
but it appeared it was manipulated in a way that the
wrong people were called upon to be delegates.
Although there are some good selected few among them
that see more clearly but their understanding is so limited
which would do lasting damage on the country. The
understanding of most of those in the conference is so much
on yesterday.
Prof Pat Utomi is a 58 year old Delta state professor of
economy, he has also run for Presidency in 2011.
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