The 2014 National Conference was inaugurated by the
Nigerian President
The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigeri ...
Dr.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...
on 17 March 2014, in
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
,
Nigeria
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. There were about 492 delegates that represented a cross-section of Nigerians including the professional bodies group.
The Conference was headed by retired Chief Justice
Idris Legbo Kutigi
Idris Legbo Kutigi (31 December 1939 – 21 October 2018) was a Nigerian lawyer and jurist. He was Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State before becoming a high court judge. He joined the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1992 ...
. Following a plenary session that lasted for weeks, the Conference was broken into 20 committees that included Public Finance and Revenue among others. Mr Johnson Oludeinde Oluata FCNA is among the delegates, he represents
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria
The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) is one of the two professional accountancy associations with regulatory authority in Nigeria, the other being the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
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(ANAN) in the professional bodies group
National Conference delegates
{{dead link, date=January 2023 Meanwhile, all 20 committees have submitted their reports to be deliberated upon at the next plenary session.
Principal Officers
Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi (rtd),
Vice Chairman Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi
Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria External Affairs Minister from 1985 to late 1987. He is the chairman of the National Think Tank.
Early life, academic career, and pers ...
Secretary Dr Valerie Azinge.
Main Committees:
Devolution of Power Committee,
Political Restructuring and Forms of Government
National Security;
Environment;
Politics and Governance;
Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Reform.
Social Welfare;
Transportation;
Agriculture;
Society, Labour and Sports;
Public Service;
Electoral Matters,
Foreign Policy and Diaspora Matters,
Land Tenure Matters and National Boundary.
Trade and Investment Committee,
Energy;
Religion;
Public Finance and Revenue Generation,
Science, Technology and Development
Immigration
References
2014 in Nigeria
Politics of Nigeria