The Strategy, Conflict Resolution and Mobilisation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held its inaugural meeting on Monday in Abuja, barely weeks after it was inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu.
BELLNEWS reports that the meeting took place at the Yobe State Governor’s Lodge in the Federal Capital Territory and was hosted by the committee’s chairman and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.
Several governors and top party leaders attended the closed-door meeting, underscoring the importance the ruling party attached to the committee’s mandate.
Those present included Governors Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Uba Sani of Kaduna State, and Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State.
Also in attendance were the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola; and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
Other notable figures at the meeting were Senator Kabiru Marafa, former APC National Legal Adviser, Muiz Banire, and Ibrahim Masari, Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Political Affairs.
However, three governors who are members of the committee, Bassey Otu of Cross River State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, and Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, were absent from the meeting.
Bellnews recalls that President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Strategy, Conflict Resolution and Mobilisation Committee on December 24, tasking its members with addressing lingering internal disputes within the APC.
The President also mandated the committee to strengthen the party’s mobilisation efforts across the country ahead of future political engagements.
The inaugural meeting is believed to have focused on setting the committee’s working framework and strategies for reconciling aggrieved members and consolidating the party’s structures nationwide.