Fuanter Steps Down as APC Deputy Secretary, Yilwatda Named New Chairman

Early Thursday morning, Festus Fuanter, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) deputy national secretary, formally resigned from his post.
Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, the party’s recently appointed National Chairman and a native of the Plateau state, was the reason behind Fuanter’s departure.
The resignation was made in compliance with the statute of the ruling party, which states that two national officers cannot be from the same state.

At the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, the stakeholders had already chosen Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana (SAN) as the party’s national legal adviser.

In the meantime, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has received praise from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his contributions to the party, particularly the creation of the Progressive Institute.

During Thursday’s APC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, Tinubu commended Ganduje for his dedication to the party’s principles and declared his intention to keep him on as a consultant to the incoming national leadership.

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“I assigned him a task concerning the establishment of a Progressive Institute. The President declared, “We can still take him [Ganduje] as a consultant to work with the new chairman to do that. The National Secretary will work with the chairman to revitalise it.”

President Tinubu declared that the dates of the States, Local Government, and Ward congresses will now take place in December, a calculated move meant to accommodate a flood of anticipated defectors.

Many people believe that this postponement is a component of the APC’s larger realignment attempts to strengthen its ranks in anticipation of the general elections in 2027, particularly in light of the formation of opposition coalitions.

The official appointment of Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, as the new APC National Chairman was said to be the high point of the NEC meeting.

Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, seconded Governor Hope Uzodimma’s nomination, which was made by the Progressive Governors’ Forum chairman.