By Abdul Lauya
Barring any last-minute changes, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, the current Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is poised to emerge as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), multiple authoritative sources confirmed early Thursday.
Yilwatda’s imminent appointment follows high-level consultations between President Bola Tinubu, APC governors, and party stakeholders late Wednesday night in Abuja.
Party insiders described the move as a “strategic consolidation of loyalty” ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The APC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is expected to ratify his nomination today at a scheduled meeting in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, effectively ending the tenure of Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, whose chairmanship faced mounting internal opposition and legal entanglements.
A technocrat with a solid academic and public service background, Yilwatda’s emergence reflects the Tinubu administration’s ongoing recalibration of political leadership within the ruling party.
It also underscores a growing shift from traditional political powerbrokers to figures perceived as more policy-driven and less encumbered by legacy baggage.
Observers say the timing of the leadership change is critical, coming amid growing pressures on the APC to reassert internal discipline, restore public confidence, and retool its grassroots machinery ahead of future electoral contests.
If confirmed, Yilwatda’s appointment may also necessitate a ministerial reshuffle, potentially giving Tinubu another opportunity to realign his cabinet for deeper political balance.
While official confirmation remains pending, all indications point to the professor-turned-politician as the party’s next helmsman, a development with wide-reaching implications for governance, party cohesion, and political strategy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic.
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