"National Conference is a waste of public funds" - Buhari

A former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday described the ongoing national conference as a waste of public funds.

He said at the opening of the inaugural edition of the PGF Progressive Governors-Legislative-Civil Society Roundtable in Abuja, that the huge amount being spent on the entire process, should have been put to better use.

Buhari, an All Progressives Congress national leader, argued that what the conference was trying to achieve was what the National Assembly was in a better position to do.

He said, “What I say about the conference is a personal view. What the conference is doing is the duty of the National Assembly.

“The elite should have call themselves together and ask the National Assembly to sponsor a bill for some amendments to the constitution.

“I do not think that at this time when government is finding it difficult to pay salaries of workers, it can afford about N7bn to waste on a conference.”