APC Creates Reconciliation Committee, Names Lawan, 9 Others As Member

The All Progressive Congress APC in the bid to tackle the crisis rocking the party, has created a reconciliation committee to bring peace to the party.

The party’s National Working Committee named the Senate president Ahmad Lawan to head the 10 Man Reconciliation Committee.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, disclosed this development to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.

It could however, be recalled that a reconciliation committee was announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 6, 2018 with the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the leader.

“The assignment will involve resolving disagreements among party members, party leadership and political office holders in some states of the federation,” Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, had said of the Tinubu committee, which other members were not named.

Shehu said then that the former Lagos governor would select those to work with.

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While not much had been heard of that committee, the APC leadership said, yesterday, that after due consultation, it had appointed a high-level 10-member National Reconciliation Committee, chaired by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan.

“This is in line with the November 22, 2019 resolution of the Party’s National Executive Committee NEC,” the party said.

Other members of the committee, according to the party, are the first (Interim) APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, who would serve as Vice Chairman; Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase; Sen. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura and Sen. Kashim Shettima.

Others are Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor; Alhaji Nasiru Aliko Koki; Senator Khairat Gwadabe-Abdulrazak; Sen. Binta Garba and Sen. John Enoh, who would serve as Secretary.

According to the NWC, the committee is empowered to address grievances of party members and resolve existing conflicts, all with a view to fostering unity and oneness within the party.

“The committee members will be informed of the date for inauguration,” said Issa-Onilu.

It could be also recalled that the Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum PGF, Salihu Mohammed Lukman, had in the aftermath of the 2019 general elections consistently canvassed a committee to reconcile all aggrieved leaders of the party, saying without self-healing, the ruling party won’t heal the country.