{"id":71393,"date":"2025-07-24T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71393"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:26:02","slug":"nentawe-yilwatda-emerges-new-apc-national-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/24\/nentawe-yilwatda-emerges-new-apc-national-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Nentawe Yilwatda Emerges New APC National Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_ec0c1b771dcaa789\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-44\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially named <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-44\">Professor Nentawe Yilwatda<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-44 citation-end-44\"> as its new National Chairman, marking a significant leadership transition within the ruling party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-43\">His emergence was confirmed on <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-43\">Thursday, July 24, 2025<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-43 citation-end-43\">, following the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.\u00a0<\/span> Yilwatda, a former governorship candidate of the APC in Plateau State and currently the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, received unanimous endorsement from party leaders and stakeholders present at the crucial meeting.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-42\">Yilwatda succeeds <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-42\">Abdullahi Ganduje<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-42 citation-end-42\">, who stepped down from the chairmanship amidst mounting internal pressure and calls for leadership restructuring within the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to his emergence, Yilwatda pledged to reposition the APC for greater unity, discipline, and resounding victory in future elections. \u201cI accept this responsibility with humility and a strong desire to build a party that truly reflects the will of the people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The high-stakes meeting was attended by key figures, including <b>President Bola Tinubu<\/b>, <b>Senate President Godswill Akpabio<\/b>, and several APC governors, all of whom pledged their support for the new leadership.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-41 citation-end-41\">Yilwatda\u2019s appointment comes at a critical juncture for the APC, as the party prepares to consolidate its hold on power and strategize ahead of the 2027 general elections.<sup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\">4<\/sup><\/span> His background, blending academic, bureaucratic, and political experience, is seen by some party insiders as a move to give the APC a fresh face and restore credibility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially named Professor Nentawe Yilwatda as its new National Chairman, marking a significant leadership transition within the ruling party. His emergence was confirmed on Thursday, July 24, 2025, following the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.\u00a0 Yilwatda, a former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-71393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71395,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71393\/revisions\/71395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}