Squabble over lunch time, sitting hours

The conference is to sit Mondays to Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 6pm.Former Ogun State Governor Segun Osoba, in a motion, gave reasons for the need to adjust time of sitting on each day. He cited principally, the need to give room for lobbying by delegates. His position […]

The conference is to sit Mondays to Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 6pm.
Former Ogun State Governor Segun Osoba, in a motion, gave reasons for the need to adjust time of sitting on each day. He cited principally, the need to give room for lobbying by delegates. His position was that time for lunch break be reduced to one hour while sitting on each day should end by 5 pm.
Former Akwa Ibom Governor Victor Attah, who supported the motion, said the “afternoon sessions would be completely empty,” and suggested that “straight sitting from 10 am to 4 pm be adopted by the conference.”
Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former Anambra Governor, spoke in favour of the motion, “we should not be rigid on this. I think after lunch, it is bye-bye. We should consider 9 am to 4 pm, go home, rest and begin the evening hours.”
But Senator Mohammed Adamu Aliero and Dr. Iyorchia Ayu however disagreed with the suggestion. Ayu said one hour was not enough for lunch and that the time stated in the draft rules of procedure should be adopted.
He was supported by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, who said the time stated in the draft rules of procedure was in order, adding humorously that “if you want to eat pounded yam and amala and fall asleep, good luck to you.”
Also, Ledum Mittee from Rivers state, and Supo Sasore, SAN, from Lagos state, suggested that a section of the draft rules that compels delegates to obtain authorisation from the conference secretariat before staying away from any meeting or travelling out of the country was not necessary.
Mittee argued that delegates should only be made to merely inform or notify the secretariat instead of being portrayed as having committed any offence by being absent.
The sitting was ended at 6.10 pm, to reconvene today by 10am.