A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has been picked by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to head a Reconciliation Committee to bring all the warring parties in the party together.
Saraki, a former governor of Kwara state was, on Sunday, chosen by the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, PDP-GF to head the committee made up of some current and past governors of the party, at a meeting held yesterday in the Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The former governor got the position amidst the internal crisis that have rocked the party for months. A slew of defections in the party has made some political pundits to predict an imminent implosion in the PDP.
Looking at the huge impact the crisis has had on the party, close watchers insist that Saraki, with his experience faces an arduous task, even though others said he has enough experience to perform having been part of the party for many years.
Apart from the former Senate President, other members of the committee are governors Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, Caleb Muftwang of Plateau, and Peter Mba of Enugu State.
Also, Senators Seriake Dickson, Ibrahim Dankwambo, and former governor of Abia State, Chief Okezie Ikpeazu are members of the committee.
The meeting that held at the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge was called by the PDP-GF Chairman and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, the magazine was told.
Those that attended the meeting include the governors of Enugu, Zamfara, Plateau,Oyo, Taraba, Adamawa, and Osun states.
The Minister of the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, who has been fingered by not a few, of being among those causing the crisis in the party also attended the meeting.
The Bauchi governor said the meeting was necessary in other for all the leaders of the party to “close ranks” ahead of the May 27 National Executive Council, NEC meeting.
In spite of the obvious rancour in the party , Mohammed assured the party’s supporters that “PDP is united”, pointing out that the meeting was attended by key leaders of the party.
Mohammed: “We are here with all the governors elected under the party, that are still in the party, and a substantial number of former PDP governors, with our leaders, the chairman of the party, and some members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
“We discussed some of the issues relating to our party, some existential issues, of cours,e that have been circulating in the media and among us, so that we will be able to navigate smoothly for the NEC scheduled to take place on May 27 and by August, we will have an early convention.
“So many issues and reports have been made, and it is an opportunity to close ranks, and to make sure that at least there are no ill feelings, there are no qualms, there are no misgivings between the leaders of the party.
“Governors of the party have reached out to our colleagues who have been there before, who have more experience.
”Whatever suggestions or opinions they may have will go a long way in giving an added impetus to the actualisation of our NEC, and our convention scheduled to take place on specific days.
“We want to reassure our teaming supporters that the PDP is working, the PDP is united,” Mohammed said.
Meanwhile, close watchers of the party insist that Saraki has a difficult task ahead of him considering the deep-rooted crisis that the party has been embroiled in for months, particularly after its loss of the Presidency to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
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