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NATIONAL CONFAB, WILL IT PUT MORE BREAD ON THE TABLES OF ORDINARY NIGERIANS?

NATIONAL CONFAB, WILL IT PUT MORE BREAD ON THE TABLES  OF ORDINARY                                                                       NIGERIANS?  On the 1st of October, the President gave Nigerians a gift( one notable aristocratic Politician called it a Greek gift). Whether Greek or Roman, it is nevertheless a gift. There is nothing Nigerians love more than opportunity to talk about their Country. Where ever two Nigerians meet, from the Streets of NewYork to the streets of Abuja, from the high profile restaurants in Paris to the buka joints in Isale Eko, they would be talking about Nigeria, though their focus could be different. Oh! we love to lament about our Nation. And not without cause though.   When the Senate President, a few weeks earlier on, at the the resumption of the Senate from a long recess, surprised Nigerians with his endorsement of the National Confab, I suspected that some agreement had been struck .Therefore when the President followed the cue a few weeks late