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The emotive issue of rotational presidency caused a storm at the National Conference on Political Reforms yesterday, and it took the efforts of securitymen to restore calm.
The emotive issue of rotational presidency caused a storm at the National Conference on Political Reforms yesterday, and it took the efforts of securitymen to restore calm.
Voices were raised, tables slammed as delegates from the North and South argued over the principle that should guide the rotation of the preside
This led to heated arguments, followed by slamming of the table with the fists, and voices rising beyond normal pitches.
Daily Sun learnt from a member of the committee that the issue may tear the assignment of the committee to shreds.
Committee Chairman, Chukwuemeka Ezeife had no option but to suspend the day's session of the committee for some hours to allow tempers to cool down.
Disagreement over the principle of rotational presidency erupted again as the National Conference on Political Reforms resumed Tuesday after the May day holidays, disrupting the proceedings of the committee on power sharing,
Discussions on the issue became so vexed that members engaged each other in shouting bout, forcing Nicon Hilton hotel security to storm the venue of the committee to prevent a total breakdown of order by the shouting committee members.
The borne of contention, Daily Sun reliably gathered, was how the principle should be practised.
While delegates from the north canvassed the view that power should rotate between the north and the south, those from the South East and the South-South insisted that it should rotate among the geo-political zones without any specified guidelines on which zone should go for the slot at any particular time.
This led to heated arguments, followed by slamming of table with the fists, and voices rising beyond normal pitches.
Daily Sun learnt from a member of the committee that the issue may tear the assignment of the committee to shreads.
Committee chairman, Chukwuemeka Ezeife had no option but to suspend the day's session of the committee abruptly for some hours to allow tempers to cool down.