100 leading business, political, civil society and thought leaders met in Lagos over the last weekend from February 4-6, 2022 under the aegis of The 2022 Committee, in a non-partisan retreat, to map a new consensus for national rebirth.
The Attendance list included 14 current Governors and 13 former
Governors as well as 3 former Senate Presidents.
Working in 3 Sub-Committees of National Security, The Economy and
Nigeria in Transition, the participants recognised that there is an urgent
need to seek common ground and irreducible minimum actions to
stabilise the polity at this critical time of transition.
The 2022 Committee said whilst it is interested in the quality of
leadership that will emerge in Nigeria at all levels, it consider attempts
to link the Committee with candidates or political parties for the 2023
elections as an unwarranted and unnecessary distraction as candidates
are only chosen by political parties and we are not a political party.
It however said the meetings will continue, as it works with Federal and
State Governments, current and future political leaders of all political
persuasions, as well as other eminent patriotic citizens, for the greater
good of the Nigerian people.
The Committee, which said it believes that what Nigeria needs today is
for all patriots to come together to rescue the nation from all political,
economic and security threats, and promote the unity of Nigeria, called
on all patriotic volunteers, who are willing and able, to join the
collective effort to stabilise the system and build a new Nigeria where
everyone will be proud of.
