The National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met on Monday in Abuja to conclude its investigation into the crisis rocking the party.
The committee headed by Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun State, will report to the National Working Committee (NWC) on its findings and recommendations on Tuesday.
It would later transmit the report to the National Executive Council (CNE) for ratification.
The NEC is scheduled to be held on Thursday.
Oyinlola spoke to journalists shortly after the committee meeting at the PDP national headquarters.
ondo election
As part of the issues the committee addressed, it listed the internal crisis within the party, the meeting of aggrieved members and strategies for the upcoming governorship election in Ondo State.
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Oyinlola said the committee has toured states in the South West region with a view to reconciling aggrieved members of the party.
“The National Reconciliation Committee has toured the South West and Ondo’s election featured prominently. “We are putting our strategies into practice,” he said.
Reconcile aggrieved members
Oyinlola, also a former national secretary of the PDP, said the committee is working within its mandate to reconcile aggrieved members and resolve the crisis in the opposition party.
“Any person within the party who has a disagreement with another person, those are the people we are reconciling with,” he explained.
On a possible recommendation for suspension of offending members, Oyinlola said his committee would meet with the NWC to conclude its investigation.
“As far as we are concerned, I would take it as a rumor for now. Tomorrow we will meet with the National Labor Committee, so later you can ask me again,” he added.
Helpful Hints
The committee chairman said that so far the committee has been able to gather useful suggestions that would help bring the party together.
“As part of our assignment as members of the National Reconciliation Committee, we are scheduled to meet with members of the National Assembly to share their experiences and understand what is causing our party's dwindling political fortunes.
“We have had useful discussions and I believe we have put together suggestions that will help unite our party and make it formidable. That's what this afternoon's discussions were about.
“One obvious thing is that for any party to enter a political battle and win, it must be united. That is what we intend,” said Oyinlola.