President Bola Tinubu has appointed the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, as chairman of the reconciliation committee for the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State.
The presidential panel is saddled with the responsibility of addressing and resolving the internal wrangling that has engulfed the Bauchi State chapter of the party.
Members of the panel include: Governor Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe State; former House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara; Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Abdullahi Gumel; Senior Special Assistant to the President (Political), Ibrahim Masari and Usman Abubakar Gotomo while the Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Prof. Jake Dan-Azumi is the secretary to the committee.
According to the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, the panel had swung into action and held its first meeting late July in Abuja, where issues regarding how to face the assignment were thoroughly discussed.
Speaking at the meeting, Speaker Abbas observed that the prolonged stalemate in the Bauchi State chapter of the APC necessitated the president’s intervention, which was why the committee was established.
He noted that President Tinubu carefully selected the members of the committee based on their integrity, track record, and capacity to act fairly and objectively, urging them to brace up and meet the expectations by completing the assignment within one month as mandated, ahead of APC congresses.
After an exhaustive deliberation on the origin of the crisis, which dates back to the party’s 2015 primaries in the state, the meeting resolved to embark on a fact-finding assignment by meeting with the relevant stakeholders.
Consequently, the meeting with the identified Bauchi APC major stakeholders was held on July 31 at the Yobe State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, with Governor Buni chairing in the absence of Speaker Abbas, who is the committee’s chairman.
Some of the stakeholders present at the meeting included two former governors of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, SAN, and Isa Yuguda; Sen. Surat Dada; Sen. Salisu Matori; Minister of Health Mohammed Ali Pate; Abdulmalik Mahmood; Sen. Abubakar Maikafi; Hon. Tijjani Mohammed Ali; Hon. Yahaya Miya; Hon. Ibrahim Hassan; Sanusi Ileli; Miro Lallop; Habib Aliyu, and Hon. Abdullahi Abdulkadir.
Others were Hon. Ibrahim Zailani; Hon. Yusuf Nuhu; Hon. Adamu Hamza; Hon. Shehu Aliyu; Hon. Zakariya Salifu; Hon. Hashim Yakubu; Hon. Abdullahi Dabo; Hon. Baffa Buachu; Hon. Garba Gololo; Hon. Yakubu Abdullahi; Hon. Bala Rabilu; Bako Abdullahi; Hon. Aminu Gadau; Hon. Kabiru Aliyu and Hon. Tanko Loko.
The committee is expected to submit its report in the coming weeks for further presidential intervention.
