Nigerians move against sleeping delegates

on Wednesday, more pictures of some delegates sleeping during the ongoing national conference circulated online.

The pictures, which have since become Internet sensation, further attracted public criticisms as many were quick to ask if the delegates were being paid to sleep at the conference.

The concerned Nigerians, in their posts on various social networking sites, said it would be a great disservice to the citizenry if their representatives at the conference would resort to sleeping while the future of the nation is being deliberated upon.

Expressing his fears on Twitter, a worried Nigerian, Edex Afor, argued that there was no way a sleeping delegate would make any meaningful contribution.  Afor wrote, “Seeing National Conference delegates sleeping on duty, I hope it will not end up a futile exercise, wasted effort and resources.”

While also decrying the situation, Akure-based Bode Olasusi posted a picture of one of the sleeping delegates on his Twitter page and asked, “Is this one of the people deciding the future of over 160 million people?”

To register his protest, he tweeted the message to the Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.

Also, Doyin Mojisola said on Twitter that any delegate caught sleeping on the floor of the conference venue should be asked to return home. “Some delegates should be sent home for sleeping,” she stated.