The All Progressives Congress (APC) Reconciliation Committee headed by Senator Abdullahi Adamu has asked for one more week to conclude its assignment.
Inaugurated on September 15 2021, the committee was supposed to submit its report on Monday but due to the volume of work before it, the committee said it has not been able to round up its assignment.
Adamu said the committee was still receiving petitions, adding that on Sunday January 30 the committee received 47 petitions, “and you may wish to know that even this morning (Monday January 31), people were waiting for us to submit their petitions.
“We had promised Nigerians that we would do justice as humanly possible to everybody who is aggrieved through fair hearing, and this is what we are doing.
“We had to come today to submit this interim because we are acting as boys’ scouts. A good scout obeys before complaints. So, we have been asked as of this morning to submit the report. We have submitted our interim report. As we said when presenting the report, there is still work to be done. Reconciliation is a work in progress. And we cannot pretend that we have taken care of every little thing that has come before us, but by the time the final report is ready, we will be able to give you the actual report.
“As of today, we still have petitions coming in. People are still trooping in to come and see us, and we cannot, in all fairness, stop them. Reconciliation is a work in progress. Nobody will tell you that political conflicts are based on ego in some cases, sometimes perception; none of us has control over that. Nobody has. So, we cannot stop them from bringing their petitions, but the first ones we get, we will do what we can to recommend to the party.”
He explained that when the committee finally submitted its report, it would be up to the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC caretaker committee to impose sanctions on members who kicked against reconciliation efforts.
In his remarks, Buni said the party was well-positioned for victory in the forthcoming elections.
Buni, who was represented by a member of the APC caretaker committee and former Senate President Ken Nnamani, said the caretaker committee would study and implement the report to improve the unity and strength of the party.
While receiving the report, he said, “As you are aware, the party conducted a successful membership registration and revalidation and now proudly has over 41 million membership making APC Africa’s largest political party and Nigeria’s leading party. With this numerical strength, the APC remains the party that can confidently win elections with a landslide victory in all the national elections.
“The submission of this report by the national reconciliation committee under the chairmanship of Abdullahi Adamu is coming at a crucial period as we approach the National convention and the 2023 general elections. Therefore, the committee’s findings would contribute in no small measure to a successful convention and the general election.
Based on the APC’s timetable, the Adamu-led committee was expected to submit its report on Monday, for the party to adopt it on Tuesday and then go ahead to inaugurate legitimate state executives on Thursday.
