By Olusegun Olanrewaju
Eminent Nigerian leaders, on the auspices of The 2022 Committee, have met in Lagos, seeking ways of achieving a new consensus for national rebirth.

Drawn from different layers of the society, a meeting was held by prominent business, political, civil society, and thought leaders, at a retreat held between Friday and Sunday in Lagos.

The non-partisan retreat was held between last Friday and Sunday and was attended by various members of The 2022 Committee.

A joint statement issued yesterday by the Convener and Chairman of ThisDay/Arise Media Group, Mr Nduka Obaigbena, and a former presidential liaison officer to the Senate, Mr Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, noted that the meeting was attended by 14 current governors, 13 former governors, and three former senate presidents.

The statement said, “Working in three 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 minimum actions to stabilise the polity at this critical time of transition.”

The statement, coming on the heels of unfounded narratives on the purpose of the meeting, said, “Whilst The 2022 Committee is interested in the quality of leadership that will emerge in Nigeria at all levels, we consider attempts to link the committee with candidates or political parties for the 2023 elections as an unwarranted and unnecessary distraction –candidates are only chosen by political parties, and we are not a political party.”

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The group said The 2022 Committee was only interested in the quality of leadership that will emerge in Nigeria at all levels.

It also warned against attempts to link the group with candidates or political parties for the 2023 elections, adding that all the 100 leading lights of the 2022 Committee have the capacity for national leadership.