The Inter-Party Advisory Council on Monday in Abuja says it will set up a peace committee to help address the leadership crisis of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The newly-elected Chairman of the committee, Mohammed Nalado, disclosed this when he led members of the executive of the council on a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
Nalado said the committee was important to enable peace reign in the PDP.
He said: “Very soon, we are going to set up a committee that will help to our sister party, PDP, that is engulfed in crisis.
“As a sister of all political parties, we are going to make sure that we get into the matter as a helping hand to make sure peace is restored to PDP.”
The IPAC chairman, who sought the cooperation of INEC for the Council, pledged his support to the commission in its effort to implement electoral policies that would give Nigeria an enduring democracy.
Nalado said he was delighted that IPAC was able to overcome the recent leadership tussle that engulfed it and affected its operations in the last one year.
He said: “We have a fraction in IPAC before but that has been resolved.
“Now we don’t have any iota of difference in IPAC.
“We are now one family.”
Nadalo promised that the newly elected executive would, at its inauguration ceremony scheduled for August 26, present its manifesto, which would cover various sectors of the country’s economy.
In his remark, Yakubu called for IPAC’s continuous support to the commission in order to make the country’s electoral process a success.
Yakubu said INEC would continue to support and consult IPAC not only over immediate issue, but also over medium and long term issues, especially on electoral reform.
He said: “The electoral reform required amendment of the constitution, the electoral act and the electoral guidelines.
“We will continue to rely on the support of political parties in order to achieve that so that we can strengthen our democratic process.”
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