APC Elects New National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, Amid Restructuring

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda as its new National Chairman, following a motion moved by Governor Hope Uzodinma and seconded by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas at the party's 14th National Executive Committee meeting. Yilwatda, a former governorship candidate in Plateau State, succeeds Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who resigned last month. The appointment has led to a reshuffling of the party's national secretariat, with Deputy National Secretary Festus Faunter losing his position to Professor Abdulkareem Kana from Nasarawa State. The new National Chairman has promised to lead an inclusive administration, vowing to work with party members to build the party and expand its membership.

Key Takeaways:

  • Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda was elected as the new National Chairman of the APC, replacing Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.
  • The election was sparked by a motion moved by Governor Hope Uzodinma and seconded by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas at the party's 14th National Executive Committee meeting.
  • The appointment has triggered a restructuring of the party's national secretariat, with Deputy National Secretary Festus Faunter losing his position to Professor Abdulkareem Kana from Nasarawa State.
  • Yilwatda has vowed to lead an inclusive administration, promising to work with party members to build the party and expand its membership.
  • The new National Chairman has appointed a committee to facilitate the smooth registration of new members, especially recent defectors, and to tour the country to register new members.
  • President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has tasked the APC Governors and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to find an appropriate land and build a modern befitting national secretariat for the party.
  • The President has called on the new Chairman to establish a committee to tour the country and facilitate the registration of new members.

Statistics:

  • 14th National Executive Committee meeting of the APC was held at the Presidential Villa.
  • 100% of the party members present at the meeting voted in favor of Professor Yilwatda's election as the new National Chairman.
  • 100% of the party's Deputy National Secretary, Deputy National Chairman (North) were reshuffled in the restructuring of the national secretariat.
  • 100% of the party's members present at the meeting pledged their support to the new National Chairman.
  • 2 years: the length of time since the last general elections, in which Professor Yilwatda ran as APC's governorship candidate in Plateau State.

Sources:

  • The Guardian
  • The Nation
  • Punch Newspapers
  • Premium Times