Tinubu Reveals Why Buhari Asked Him To Reconcile APC

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari asked him to head the reconciliation team to appease the aggrieved members and harmonize the ruling party because the party is no longer where it was when it came to power in 2015.

Tinubu disclosed this on Wednesday before meeting the party’s National Working Committee at its National Secretariat in Abuja.

He said the party came into power with goodwill and expectations, some of which have depleted.

He said he was at the secretariat to make consultations on how to execute the assignment given to him by the president, adding that he was ready to listen to various views on the challenges the party has.

Tinubu said, “I am here to consult since you are already aware of the directive and announcement of the President who is the leader of our party and the President of this country.

“First, let me sympathise with our National Vice Chairman’ North Central for the various incidents happening around that corridor and extend our condolences on behalf of the people and our party and equally condole you on the death of John Shagaya, a very great national patriot. May his soul Rest In Peace and may God bring peace to Benue, Taraba, Plateau and to the country as a whole, including Nasarawa and all other places being affected by the age-old system that we are now currently facing the challenges of.”

He said the solution to the conflict in the party was to seek opinions and advice of members on the various complex issues around some states or if there is any national one, to reconcile, move the party in a cohesive manner and reposition if any and build the confidence among themselves.

He added, “After the last convention of the party, congresses were held from various wards to elect representatives from the ward, local government and states levels as well as the national level.

“We worked hard for victory. We have never govern before, but we won the confidence of Nigerians to govern. We have a creed to really serve the country, change and reform the country. It is not easy to have those changes implemented like instant coffee. We have to grow it and face challenges. I sympathize with us and we should equally look at ourselves.”

“The challenges faced by our government and the President is enormous. It is only because people are not paying attention to the various statistics that are available and we have to push that. I won’t touch those areas yet.

“The challenges of security, the challenges of reforms and re-engineering the finances of this country, stopping the corruption and challenging the status quo to change and reform ourselves is there. It doesn’t go away over night. You work on and work hard at it.

“For us, we have been patient, we have persevered to having this victory, but how are we now? We should equally face the immediate, medium and serious challenges that politically, we will be facing. I believe that our party is the hope of Nigeria to improve quality of lives and we will do that.”