APC Prepares For 2023 As Bisi Akande Leads Reconciliation Efforts

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reconstituted its national reconciliation committee with a view to settling some rifts among members of the party.

The party announced in a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, that the membership of the committee was recently reviewed and approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and the party leadership.THE WHISTLER recalls that the party had lost some states to opposition parties in the 2019 general elections due to internal party crisis. The states include Zamfara, Ogun and Imo States, which was recently recovered through a Supreme Court judgment.

Some party leaders are also presently at loggerheads in some APC controlled states, including Edo, and Imo states.

The APC leadership appointed Chief Bisi Akande as the chairman of the 12-member committee to reconcile its members in such states.

“The Committee is empowered to address grievances of party members across the country and resolve existing conflicts, all with a view to fostering oneness, strengthen the party for better governance and ensure unity of purpose within the party,” said Issa-Onilu.

The party said the committee will be inaugurated on Tuesday February 11, at its national secretariat in Abuja.

 Below are the committee members:

1. Chief Bisi Akande (Chairman)
2. Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello
3. Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola
4. Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi
5. Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase
6. Sen. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
7. Sen. Kashim Shettima
8. Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor
9. Alh. Nasiru Aliko Koki
10. Sen. Khairat Gwadabe-Abdulrazak
11. Sen. Binta Garba
12. Sen. John Enoh (Secretary).