The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has been appointed as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Yilwatda was officially sworn in at exactly 2:52 PM on Thursday during the 14th meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
His emergence follows the resignation of former chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, who stepped down last month citing health-related concerns.
The NEC ratified Yilwatda’s appointment in what has been described as a consensus-driven decision aimed at fostering party unity ahead of crucial political events, including off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Edo, and Ondo States.
Yilwatda’s nomination was announced by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and seconded by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.
A former governorship candidate in Plateau State, Yilwatda is known within APC circles as a loyal party man with a technocratic background and grassroots appeal—qualities many believe secured his selection as a consensus candidate.
The NEC meeting was presided over by President Bola Tinubu and had in attendance Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, APC governors, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and members of the National Working Committee (NWC).