Defection: Saraki-led PDP panel to meet govs, NASS caucus
ABIODUN NEJO
The Senator Bukola Saraki-led Peoples Democratic Party National Reconciliation and Strategic Committee will meet with governors elected on the platform of the PDP within the next two weeks,
Sunday PUNCH has learnt.
A source familiar with the plan confided in our correspondent that a meeting to fine-tune strategies for the series of engagements was held in Abuja, from Thursday until the early hours of Friday.
The source explained that the committee, which had a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Ayim; former governors Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe), Senator Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), and former House Minority Leader, Mulikat Akande, as members, was committed to its assignment.
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Published 12 December 2020
JOHN ALECHENU examines the challenges facing the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the task ahead of its recently constituted Senator Bukola Saraki-led six-member National Reconciliation Committee
About two weeks ago, the Peoples Democratic Party set up the Senator Bukola Saraki-led National Reconciliation and Strategic Committee.
Other members of the panel are a former Senate President and a one-time Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Ayim; former governors Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe State), Liyel Imoke (Cross River State), Ibrahim Shema (Katsina); and former House Minority Leader, Mulikat Akande.
As the name of the committee suggests, its mandate includes reconciling aggrieved party members and helping the party to reposition itself and strategise for the task of returning to power in 2023.