A member of The Patriots, and one of those nominated as members of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the proposed national conference , Professor Ben Nwabueze, has written to President Goodluck Jonathan to be excused on medical grounds.
Nwabueze had been a strong proponent of the national discourse.
It would be recalled that a few weeks ago, Mr. Jonathan, after a meeting with The Patriots delegation in Aso Rock, changed his stance on the conference, saying he was not in any way against it as being speculated in some quarters.
In a letter to the President, the legal luminary said he may not be available for the demanding task, as he is presently attending to his health outside the country.
“I am presently in London for medicals and may be away from Nigeria for some time,” he said.
“I will be glad if I could be replaced in the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue/Conference by Mr. Solomon Asemota (SAN), who is a member of The Patriots,” the letter concluded.
President Jonathan, had in his independence day broadcast last Tuesday, expressed his resolve to convoke a National Conference.
Aside Nwabueze, other members of the Advisory Committee are Senator Femi Okuronmu (Chairman), Dr. Akilu Indabawa, (Secretary), Prof. George Obiozor, Sen. Khairat Gwadabe, Sen. Timothy Adudu, Col. Tony Nyiam, Prof. Funke Adebayo, Mrs. Mairo Ahmed Amshi, Dr. Abubakar Sadiq, Alh. Dauda Birma, Mallam Buhari Bello and Mr. Tony Uranta.
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