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The Presidency may reject a Senate resolution requesting the 2014 National Conference report to the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly for urgent legislative action. The Senate resolved that deliberations on the conference's recommendations would be the way forward for the country and asked the presidency to send the conference report in the form of an Executive Bill. However, a competent source argued that the Presidency would not honour the resolution and should direct their request to former President Jonathan whose administration organized the conference. The source also reminded lawmakers that the ruling All Progressives Congress declined to participate in the conference in 2014 due to its belief that it was organized as 'food for the boys'. The Senate's request for the report followed submissions made by mostly APC senators during the debate on a motion titled 'The need for National Unity and Peaceful Coexistence in Nigeria'.