President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence-building efforts of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) in a big leap toward consolidating his position ahead of the election in 2019.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, announced in Abuja on Tuesday.
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and one of the leaders of the party was instrumental in the formation of APC ahead of 2015 election.
Buhari took the decision as part of on-going efforts to improve cohesion within the party.
According to the presidential aide, said Tinubu is expected to play a significant role in resolving disagreements among party members, party leadership and political office holders in some states of the Federation.
Kano APC crisis involving supporters of the former governor of the state, Rabiu Kwakwanso and the serving governor, Abdullahi Ganduje is one of the task of the Tinubu reconciliation committee would handle.
The Presidency on Jan. 29 summoned Gov. Ganduje and the Kwakwanso over the aborted Jan. 30 visit of the former governor to Kano to avert breakdown of law and order in the State.
The governor, accompanied by two serving senators and two members of the House of Representatives from the state, met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari at the Presidential Villa.
Ganduje, however, declined to speak to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting.
The Tinubu committee is also expected to reconcile other APC crises in Zamfara, Oyo, Kogi and other states of the federation.
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and one of the leaders of the party was instrumental in the formation of APC ahead of 2015 election.
Buhari took the decision as part of on-going efforts to improve cohesion within the party.
According to the presidential aide, said Tinubu is expected to play a significant role in resolving disagreements among party members, party leadership and political office holders in some states of the Federation.
Kano APC crisis involving supporters of the former governor of the state, Rabiu Kwakwanso and the serving governor, Abdullahi Ganduje is one of the task of the Tinubu reconciliation committee would handle.
The Presidency on Jan. 29 summoned Gov. Ganduje and the Kwakwanso over the aborted Jan. 30 visit of the former governor to Kano to avert breakdown of law and order in the State.
The governor, accompanied by two serving senators and two members of the House of Representatives from the state, met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari at the Presidential Villa.
Ganduje, however, declined to speak to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting.
The Tinubu committee is also expected to reconcile other APC crises in Zamfara, Oyo, Kogi and other states of the federation.
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