By John Ogunsemore
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has promised that the seven-man reconciliation committee set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum on Sunday would do its best to deliver on its mandate.
Saraki was appointed Chairman of the committee at a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum held at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Sunday night.
Speaking after the meeting, Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, said the committee’s mandate is to engage party members and foster unity ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on May 27 and its National Elective Convention scheduled for August.
Members of the committee include Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal; Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang; Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah; former Governor of Bayelsa, Senator Seriake Dickson; former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo; and former Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu.
Taking to Facebook, Saraki said, “I just left a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum, attended by its serving and former governors, at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge. We had a fruitful deliberation on the party’s present challenges and its future.
“The meeting was well attended. As part of the decisions taken to chart a way forward, the meeting set up a seven-man committee charged with preparing for a rancour-free NEC meeting scheduled for May 27th and the forthcoming national convention.
“The committee is headed by my humble self, and I will have the pleasure of working with my brothers – HE Dauda Lawal, HE Caleb Muftwang, and HE Peter Mba, governors of Zamfara, Plateau and Enugu States respectively. Other members are Sen. Seriake Dickson, Sen. Ibrahim Dankwambo, and former governor of Abia State, HE, Chief Okezie Ikpeazu.
“We hope to do our best in delivering on the assignment given to us.”