Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has called on the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party to comprehensively implement the recommendations of the party’s reconciliation committee.
The governor’s deputy, Barrister Bayo Lawal, represented him at the PDP National Reconciliation Committee’s press briefing at Agodi Government House in Ibadan. Lawal emphasized the importance of unity and collective effort within the party to achieve the committee’s primary aim.
The reconciliation committee, led by Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Ibrahim Dankwambo, aims to strengthen the party and position it for future elections. Oyinlola disclosed that the committee’s mandate is to examine the party’s health, engage stakeholders, reconcile aggrieved members, and strengthen the party’s cohesiveness, according to Independent.
Oyinlola expressed optimism that other regions would cooperate with the committee, having completed its mission in the South West. He lamented the party’s decline in recent years due to internal wranglings and primordial sentiments.
The committee’s next stop is the South-South region. Notable PDP leaders, including Senator Monsurat Sunmonu and Chief Mutiat Ladoja, attended the briefing.
The PDP national reconciliation committee’s efforts are seen as crucial in repositioning the party for future elections. Governor Makinde’s call for comprehensive implementation of the committee’s recommendations underscores the need for unity and collective effort within the party.
“There’s no way we can pay tributes that can adequately capture the sacrifices you have made to the progress of the party, only Almighty God will reward you, and that reward will come when this assignment that you have undertaken sees the light of the day the way we want it.
“I want to on behalf of His Excellency, place on record that as you move on, the national working committee must ensure that the outcome of your assignment is duly implemented, without which we would be back in square one, and we don’t want to be back in square one.
“So, this is a call on the national working committee, the BoT, and to all elders of our great party, the PDP. We know that the six states of the South West have made recommendations to you in the last few days, and you have listened to them, and we know very clearly that because of who you are, you won’t shy away from telling the whole truth because without that, we won’t easily move forward.
“So, when you’re writing your report, we believe that wherever you observed lapses, lacuna, and what have you, all of those will come into play in terms of recommendations that you present to the national working committee of the party.”
Fielding questions from newsmen, Prince Oyinlola, who disclosed that notably among issues constituting internal issues within the party were political interests and congress related issues said, “For me as a person, what we’ve done in the south west is a repetition.
“Why did I say so? Not long ago I led same recommendation committee that went round the south west, and as at then we were able to identify the issues that were militating against our unity and success. So, we had gone round the state that time, and Engr. Seyi Makinde, having noticed that there was acrimony in the party for the zone, and that’s how we went round.
