Breaking: Nentawe Yilwatda emerges APC National Chairman

Nentawe Yilwatda has emerged as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)

Mr Yilwatda, the current Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and a former university don, was nominated to replace Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who recently resigned from the position citing health concerns.

His emergence followed a late-night meeting in Abuja between President Bola Tinubu and governors elected on the platform of the APC.

Mr Yilwatda, 56, hails from Plateau State and was the APC’s gubernatorial candidate in the state during the 2023 general elections. His nomination aligns with the party’s zoning arrangement, which allocated the national chairmanship to the North-Central geopolitical zone comprising Benue, Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, and Plateau states.

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