The Chairman of All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, declared on Saturday night that his team achieved its objectives, IgbereTV reports
Buni who is also the Governor of Yobe State, stated this in his valedictory speech at the Eagles Square, Abuja, the venue of the party’s national convention.
The governor was appointed the acting chairman of the ruling party following the dissolution of the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) on June 25, 2020.
He thanked President Muhammadu Buhari, and his colleagues in the Progressives Governors’ Forum for their support.
Buni noted that his team restored peace in state chapters of APC where conflicts were reported and brought sitting governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the party.
He said: “Upon assumption of office, the committee embarked on a genuine and all-inclusive reconciliation process to give everyone a true sense of belonging, confidence, and reassurance in the collective ownership of the party.
“We, first of all, visited some critical stakeholders to engage them in resolving the disputes and other hanging disagreements in the party. While some of these visits were made public, others were done out of the public glare and without media publicity. Similarly, we visited some aggrieved chieftains who sincerely shared their ill feelings with the committee. We spoke to each other frankly, placing party interests above personal interests.
“I am glad to state that those frank discussions built a new hope in the hearts of the aggrieved persons such that, those who earlier left the party returned back, while those contemplating to forsake the party, never left
