Ramadan: Confab monetises lunch, adjusts sitting time

The conference chairman Justice Idris Kutigi made the proposal before the delegates.The delegates however unanimously resolved that from yesterday sessions would now hold from 9 am to 3.30 pm daily, without any break.Kutigi also proposed that a register be opened for those who would skip lunch to enter their names as a result of Ramadan.He […]

The conference chairman Justice Idris Kutigi made the proposal before the delegates.
The delegates however unanimously resolved that from yesterday sessions would now hold from 9 am to 3.30 pm daily, without any break.
Kutigi also proposed that a register be opened for those who would skip lunch to enter their names as a result of Ramadan.
He said the essence of the proposal was to allow delegates observing Ramadan to have their lunch monetised.
“We are aware that many of us will be fasting and will not take lunch here. As such, we will open a register so that those who will not take lunch will be paid,” he said.
Sergeant Awuse, a delegate representing River State, called for amendment to the proposal.
He said rather than opening a register, lunch should be completely scrapped and monetised for all delegates.
Awuse said this would prevent a situation where those who were not observing Ramadan would take advantage of the opportunity to request for monetisation of their lunch.
“We should scrap lunch completely so that people who are not fasting will not write their names.
“We can do without lunch. We can manage and support those who are fasting by doing without lunch,’’ he said.
Thereafter, the delegates overwhelmingly agreed that lunch be monetised in the spirit of Ramadan.