Tight Security As President Jonathan Gets Set To Open National Cnfab!

Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan

Security has been beefed up around the Federal Capital Territory as delegates to the National Conference which will be declared open later today by President Goodluck Jonathan continue to arrive into the city from various parts of the country.

Teams of security men made up of officials of the police anti riot squad, the anti-bomb unit, and State Security Service have been deployed in and around the venue to ensure that only those with appropriate accreditation are allowed inside the venue.

It was also observed that there was heavy deployment of security men at all the entrances and exit into Abuja, including at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport.

Assistant Secretary, Media and Communication of the Conference had in a statement yesterday said delegates are expected to arrive the venue of the conference by 10 am today for accreditation for the inauguration ceremony fixed for 4 pm.

He also said all invited guests and delegates were expected to be seated by 3.15 pm ahead of the inauguration by Jonathan. The delegates were issued with tags with machine-readable security features after the accreditation. It was however gathered that the screening of delegates will continue after the inauguration for those who may not be able to do it today.

According to P.M. NEWS, all the delegates will be issued and made to sign a code of ethics made up of a set of rules and regulations to guide their deliberations and their behavior during the conference by the Conference Committee to ensure that the discussions at the conference did not veer off course, especially on the issue of the continued existence of Nigeria as an entity which the government has told the delegates is a ‘no go area.’

Nevertheless, it was learnt that one of the initial problems that delegates will have to tackle after the inauguration may be on the procedures for voting at the Conference.