The national leadership of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, as chairman of a seven-man committee to reconcile all aggrieved parties and individuals in the party ahead of the Area Councils election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The letter of appointment signed on Sunday in Abuja by the National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John J. Akpan Udoedehe, also named the Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, as a member, while Hon. Olaide Akinremi will serve as secretary.
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Other members of the committee are Sen Ahmed Yusuf Yusuf, Dr James Lalu, Hon Cletus Dick and Hon Uche Ogah.
Governor Bello-led committee is expected to reconcile factions of the party in the FCT in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution and template for the reconciliation/mobilization committee.
“Following the processes of the nomination of our party’s candidates for the forthcoming FCT Area Council Elections, the National Chairman of the CECPC, H.E (Hon.) Mai Mala Buni has approved the constitution of a reconciliation committee.
“The Committee is expected to: Identify persons who may have taken issues with the conduct of the exercise(s), the issues in contention (if any) and take practical steps to conciliate and harmonize all such persons and issues in time for a satisfactory outcome in the FCT Area Council Elections,” the statement said.
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