The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday raised a five-member committee to wade into the crisis of confidence among top members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
Its term of reference is to reconcile National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu and National Secretary Iyiola Omisore with the National Vice Chairman (North), Salihu Lukman.
Other members of the panel headed by the Deputy Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, are Deputy National Chairman (South) Emma Eneukwu, National Vice Chairman (South East) Ijeomah Arodiogbu, and National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka.
The decision to set up the committee was taken at the ‘informal’ meeting of the NWC at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
Four days ago, Lukman had in a statement titled: “APC and Questions of Progressive Credentials” complained that the NWC had rendered other party organs prostrate since assuming office last year.
He alleged that but for the NWC, no statutory organ of the party has been made to function in line with the constitution of the party, adding that one of the major organs, the National Advisory Council (NAC), was yet to be constituted.
The former Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) lamented that the Adamu-led NWC has continued to commit the same fundamental infractions that led to the dissolution of the Adams Oshiomole-led NWC in 2020.
These include the refusal to convene the National Executive Council (NEC), hold the National Caucus meetings, give quarterly financial reports to the NEC and inaugurate the Board of Trustees (BOT), now christened the National Advisory Council (NAC).
Concerned party members had risen swiftly to wade into the crisis to prevent its escalation. Their resolve culminated in the setting up of the reconciliation panel
