Owuru Cautions On Confab

The former presiden
tial candidate of the
Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Chief Ambrose Owuru, has warned against the politicisation of the National Conference.
Owuru, who made the assertion last Tuesday at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, in a chat with newsmen, said “inspite of the conference being necessary, we do not want it tribalised or politicised”.
He opined that the conference was a serious issue as structural changes about the country would be discussed, but warned against teleguiding the framework being put together by the President.
“We need the new make up because a lot of things have gone wrong, a lot of things need to be cleared, we are in one breadth practising presidential system of government and at the same time, doing another thing”, Chief Owuru said.
He remarked that Nigeria as a country needed to be re-examined to find out if the presidential system is actually needed, considering the high level of corruption in the government.
He posited that the parliamentary system has in-built checks and balances as those elected are answerable to their constituencies and the parliament, noting that first republic politicians were more responsible than today’s.
“I will advise that we should not waste the opportunity we have now to protect minority interest.  These are not things you do in a hurry. I hope that the conference gives us the desired result and not to turn it into a jamboree”, Chief Owuru stated.
He, however, disagreed with the timing of the conference, suggesting that the conference should be convened after the next general election when the president should send a bill to the National Assembly to effect changes in the constitution.
On his next line of action in 2015, Owuru said he was the fore runner in the campaign for south-south presidency that paved the way for the current president and bemoaned the neglect of those who started the struggle for south-south presidency.