APC NWC reviews structures, declares party ready for 2027
By Ahmed Kaigama
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has reviewed the party’s structures nationwide and declared it prepared for the 2027 general election.
Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, APC National Chairman, stated this on Saturday at a news conference at the end of the committee’s three-day retreat in Borno.
Yilwatda said the review covered the party’s structures from the national, state, local government and ward levels to polling units.
He said the assessment gave the party what he described as a “clean bill of health”, adding that the NWC considered the APC strong and prepared for the 2027 elections.
The chairman said the NWC also passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima and other candidates who emerged from the party’s primaries for the elections.
According to him, the committee would intensify reconciliation efforts at state, local government and ward levels to address internal differences and strengthen the party.
He urged state chapters that had yet to establish reconciliation committees to do so, saying the initiative would help consolidate the party ahead of the elections.
Yilwatda said the NWC would take an active role in engagements and campaign activities aimed at communicating the policies and programmes of the Tinubu administration to Nigerians.
On recent elections, he said the committee reviewed the outcomes of off-cycle and bye-elections and was satisfied with the APC’s performance.
He cited Ogun and Delta as states where the party had previously not won elections but recorded victories in recent contests.
The chairman said the APC won four of five elections conducted the previous week, while losing one, describing its performance in the lost election as strong.
On fuel subsidy removal, Yilwatda said the policy should be considered against the economic circumstances confronting the country at the time.
He alleged that the previous administration borrowed heavily to finance subsidy payments and accumulated obligations to various stakeholders.
He also alleged that more than N30 trillion was obtained through Ways and Means financing under the previous administration.
Yilwatda said the APC would continue to explain the circumstances surrounding the policy and its implications for state finances and development programmes.
He commended the Borno Government for hosting the retreat and thanked journalists for their coverage.
He also condoled with the government and people of Niger State over the deaths of 37 miners.
