APC Crisis: I’m Pleased With Work Of Caretaker Chairman So Far -Buhari

… Holds Meeting With Govs

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday gave his first impression of the efforts of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress to patch the cracks in walls of the ruling party.

He said the committee, chaired by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala-Buni, had done well so far by trying to reconcile aggrieved members and encouraging many who left its folds to return.

Buhari spoke as he held a virtual meeting with APC state governors, coordinated from the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, attended the meeting too.

“I am pleased with the chairman and the work of the committee. He is highly mobile in the efforts to coordinate and strengthen the party.

“I am happy with his personal efforts”, Buhari stated.

The Mala-Buni committee also has a mandate up to December to organise the national convention of the party where new National Working Committee members are expected to emerge from.

The committee also has two major governorship polls ahead in Edo and Ondo States to monitor and deliver before December.

“Recall that following the suspension of the (former) National Chairman and the National Working Committee of the APC in June, the National Executive Committee of the party chose the Yobe State governor and others as the Chairman and members of the Caretaker Committee as well as of the extraordinary National Convention Committee respectively.

“At Tuesday’s virtual interaction with the governors of the APC-controlled states with the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, in attendance, the President said that he is pleased with the work that the caretaker committee has been doing”, presidential spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, stated on Tuesday while releasing information on the outcome of the meeting.

Buhari seized the opportunity to thank the governors for their efforts in ensuring that the APC’ primaries in Edo and Ondo states held, and also handled the events of the aftermath well.

“I am happy that they knew their responsibilities as governors and had identified the right priorities”, he added.

The Governor of Kebbi State and Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, commended Buhari’s commitment to resolving the challenges confronting the APC.

The governors also praised Buhari for his “handling of security issues and the economy, noting in particular, the success recorded in pulling the country out of the 2016 economic recession as well as the ongoing management of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

They told the President that they were proud of his “leadership and achievements.”