Confab adopts holistic federal system of government

The National Conference on Thursday 26 June said it has accepted a recommendation that Nigeria should adopt a true federal structure with the states operating as federating units.

It said that creation of local government areas should be the responsibility of states and not that of the Federal Government.

Conference, however, pointed out that the responsibility of funding the local governments created by states should be the states’ and not the federal government’s.

The conference adopted a recommendation that INEC and State Independent Electoral Commissions should fashion out ways to ensure that physically challenged persons were registered to vote.

NAN reports that the report of the committee, whose Co-Chairmen were Prof. Jerry Gana and Chief Olu Falae, was the 16th out of 20, to be adopted by the conferees.