Gombe APC inaugurates reconciliation committee
Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has inaugurated a 21man reconciliation committee to resolve all grievances that arose from the just-concluded congresses and orimaries of the All Progressives Congress APC in the State.
The committee, which is headed by the State Deputy Governor, Dr Manassah Daniel Jatau, is specifically charged with the responsibility of harmonizing and uniting members of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Speaking during the ceremony, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya explained that the committee became necessary in view of the seeming differences that ensued during the congresses and the just concluded party primaries in the state.
The governor remarked that in a contest such as the just concluded APC orimaries, it is practically impossible for all the yearnings and aspirations of every contestants to be met without some form of misgivings, reservations or grievances arising from the process.
“It is certain that human beings are prone to making mistakes and when such happens, it makes more sense for the parties involved to dissect the issues at stake, forgive one another and move forward in unity of purpose”.
He observed that political contests are often characterized by grievances which makes it imperative for any progressive leadership to come up with a system that will holistically address the concerns of all members for the purpose of maintaining a balance in the system.
Governor Yahaya noted that the reconciliation committee is not peculiar to Gombe State alone as other states across the country and at the national level have equally constituted same to bring back all aggrieved members of the party to the negotiation table.
“The president had even sat with some aggrieved members of the National Assembly in an attempt to arrive at a middle ground in the interest of the party”.
According to the governor, considering the myriad of challenges confronting the country, it is worthless for anyone seeking position of authority not to to brace up for the task of nation building through the deliberate promotion of peace and socio-economic economic development.
He emphasized the need for members of the APC in the state to unite and forge a common front, saying without unity of purpose, the party can hardly achieve anything meaningful for the continuous delivery of the dividends of democracy to the people of the State.
The governor however maintained that the APC in Gombe State “is rock solid considering its numerical strength and the infrastructural development it was able provide for the people of the state in the last three years.
He expressed confidence in the ability of the committee to do a thorough job towards reconciling all aggrieved members of the party in the state.
Responding, the chairman of the committee, Jatau, commended the governor for deeming it necessary to constitute the committee which he described as a step towards re-uniting and repositioning the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
“There is no gain saying the fact that in every contest a winner must emerge; and in the process of the contest sometimes feelings of dissatisfaction by some members come about. However being members of the same APC political family the compelling need to come together, discuss and comprehend the situation of the entire family must be done and that is why this committee has been set up”.
Earlier, the Gombe State APC chairman, Hon. Nitte Amangal, reeled out the committee’s terms of reference to include: identify aggrieved members of the APC following the outcome of the last primary elections and to discuss with such members towards reconciliation.
Other terms of reference of the committee as explained by the APC chairman include suggest possible realignment of such aggrieved members and compensation where necessary and suggest the avoidance of such occurrence in the future.
The committee has two weeks within which to submit its report to the leadership of the party in the state.
The Specialist Hospital Gombe has got an accreditation for postgraduate training in obstetrics/ gynecology and family medicine by the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Surgeons.
By this development, the Gombe Specialist Hospital has now become the first state-owned hospital in the northeast to achieve this milestone.
The representatives of the two colleges were very impressed with what they saw in the hospital and lauded Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for providing state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment necessary for the training.
They also promised to partner with the state to provide training in other disciplines as this will retain and train specialists in Gombe State, Northeast and Nigeria at large.
It will also improve the quality of services and reduce maternal and child death in the state.
An accreditation team from the West African College of Surgeons, led by Professor Jesse Obed, had visited Gombe and inspected the State Specialist Hospital where they described the structures, serenity and facilities there as ones that bear all the hallmarks of a system that is susceptible to progressive change.
Before the coming of the incumbent government in 2019, the health sector in Gombe State was in a moribund condition owing to the inadequate infrastructure and lack of basic medical equipment and manpower which deprived the majority of the people of quality healthcare services.
Consequently, Governor Inuwa Yahaya made it a priority in his campaign manifesto to implement strategies to increase access to efficient, qualitative and affordable healthcare services.