Leader of The Patriots, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has described his
appointment to serve on National Conference Advisory Committee by
President Goodluck Jonathan as inappropriate.
“I never expected
to be appointed chairman or member of the Committee, and would, quite
frankly, have considered such an appointment inappropriate in the
circumstances. It is an appointment for a younger person, not for an old
man of 83 years.”
Prof Nwabueze said in the statement on Thursday that he had been in
London since September 8, receiving treatment for prostate cancer. He
said he had expected that his contribution to the national dialogue
would have been to help prepare “a Draft People’s Constitution” which he had hoped to send to the President and the National Assembly.