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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated a high-powered Committee on Strategy, Conflict Resolution, and Mobilisation in Lagos, aiming to iron out simmering conflicts within the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party gears up for the 2027 general elections.
According to a statement issued by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the committee draws top-tier party heavyweights, including APC governors, Federal Executive Council members, and key stakeholders.
The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, leads as Chairman, with Muiz Banire, former APC Legal Adviser, serving as Member/Secretary. Other prominent members include Senator Adamu Aliero; Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq (Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum); Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma (Chairman, Progressive Governors’ Forum); and governors Hyacinth Alia (Benue), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Bassey Otu (Cross River), Abiodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), and Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta).
Others are Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle, and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.
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At the inauguration, Buni expressed profound gratitude for the trust placed in the team. “The committee will engage in strategic engagements and consultations to develop an all-encompassing, productive, and result-oriented strategy that will stand the test of time,” he pledged. “We shall implement a system that gives everyone, especially aggrieved parties, a sense of belonging and inclusion, with a renewed hope.”
Buni outlined the panel’s dual mandate, emphasising proactive conflict resolution. “Similarly, the committee will consider proactive measures, solutions, and the potential threats in our conflict resolution approach,” he added, while cautioning members: “Not to allow personal interest and sentiments to override the general interest and purpose for which this committee is constituted.”
The move builds on Tinubu’s recent push for party unity. Speaking at the APC’s 15th National Executive Committee meeting on 19 December at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, the President stressed cohesion rooted in progressive ideals. “We must continue to be resolute that this democracy that we take in our hands must not fail. We say we are bigger. We are larger and taller. But it should now be in our hearts to be accommodating. That’s the only way we can be resilient; we must be tolerant,” Tinubu had urged.
