As reconciliation efforts within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continue across the country, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has urged the national leadership of the party to adopt a comprehensive approach in implementing the recommendations of its reconciliation committee.
The governor commended the national body of the party for setting up such a reconciliation committee comprising highly respected leaders of PDP with vast political experiences in and outside of government.
He expressed optimism that the reconciliation committee with former two-term governors of Osun and Gombe states, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and Ibrahim Dankwambo as the Chairman and Secretary of the committee respectively and other eminent personalities, would come up with recommendations that would help the party strengthen it and reposition it for future elections.
Speaking at the PDP National Reconciliation Committee’s press briefing held at the Agodi Government House in Ibadan over the completion of its assignment in South West, the Oyo State Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, who represented Makinde, emphasised the importance of unity and collective effort within the party to achieve the primary aim of the committee.
The deputy governor, who noted that issues affecting the party differ from state to state, stressed the need for the national body of the party to ensure that the outcome of the committee’s assignment was duly and holistically implemented to avoid any setback in the efforts to reposition the party ahead of future elections.
Earlier in his address, Oyinlola disclosed that the mandate of the committee and the essence of its assignment in the South-West was to examine the health of the party, engage stakeholders with a view to reconciling aggrieved members, and strengthen the party’s cohesiveness.
Oyinlola decried what has become of the party’s fortune in recent years while lamenting how internal wranglings and what was described as primordial sentiments have adversely affected the party’s growth despite its wide reach and presence across the 774 local government areas in the country.
He, however, expressed optimism over the reconciliation move as elders of the PDP in the state agreed to sit together for the first time in a long while to iron out their differences. (Channels TV)
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