Ali hails Jonathan on national dialogue

A legal luminary, Yusuf Ola-Olu Ali, has hailed the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to
get started the process of holding a national dialogue with the setting up of a National Dialogue Committee.
Ali, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday, said the dialogue is desirable to smoothen relationship of the diverse group of
people of the country.
He, however, advised that the conference should be held with sincerity and not end up being a one without purpose.
“Members of the same family at a point in their lives do critical review of their relationship, so there is nothing wrong in it as
long as its not turned to another jamboree,” he said.
Ali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) expressed a view that is contrary to the stand of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the union’s demands.
He said it was wrong for the lecturers to be complaining about the jumbo pay of the politicians as a justification for their pay rise,
adding that all over the world, politicians get fat payment because of the peculiar nature of
their work.