The North-Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Discussion board has hailed the emergence of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as Nationwide Chairman of the get together, describing the event because the profitable final result of its over two years agitation for the return of the place to the area.
Yilwatda was named APC Nationwide Chairman after the Nationwide Government Committee, NEC, assembly, which held on the Presidential Villa on Thursday.
Following the event, Yilwatda, who can also be the Humanitarian Affairs, Catastrophe Administration and Social Growth, will instantly take cost of the affairs of the get together as substantive Nationwide Chairman, changing Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, who resigned on June 27, 2023.
In a press release launched shortly after the NEC ratified Yilwatda as Nationwide Chairman, the North-Central APC Discussion board thanked President Bola Tinubu for “guaranteeing that justice prevailed finally within the decision of the management query within the APC”.
Within the assertion signed by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, a member of the APC marketing campaign council within the 2023 election, the North-Central APC Discussion board celebrated the profitable final result of its agitation for the return of the place of Nationwide Chairman to the area.
“It is a main milestone for stakeholders of the North-Central underneath the umbrella of the North-Central APC Discussion board. For greater than two years we agitated that the place of Nationwide Chairman ought to return to the North-Central, according to the present zoning association. Our agitation was knowledgeable by the necessity for equity and fairness and in the middle of this wrestle we’ve gone to courtroom, we led protests and issued open letters and several other statements. We fought with doggedness however we revered the leaders of the get together, even when choices didn’t go our means on sure events.
“We’re certainly glad that finally, justice has been finished, our cries have been heard and the North-Central has been given what ought to rightfully come to it.”
The Discussion board equally described Tinubu as a listening President.
“The North-Central APC Discussion board sincerely thanks President Bola Tinubu for listening to our name for the return of the place of the Nationwide Chairman to the North-Central area. This has, as soon as once more, proved past any doubt that President Bola Tinubu is a listening President. He has as soon as once more demonstrated unusual political will and judgment, which he has utilized in initiating and driving key reforms and programmes which can be evidently turning Nigeria on the correct course.
“We additionally thank different leaders and stakeholders of the get together, notably members of the NEC, for this choice. The North-Central is really grateful, and we are able to assure that this choice will impress the area to supply much more for the progress of the get together.
“We consider that justice and equity have finally prevailed within the decision of the query over the management of the APC, which had been a moderately painful open wound for stakeholders from the North-Central who needed to bear the agony of being denied the place of Nationwide Chairman, which was rightfully zoned to the area. The choice taken by the NEC in the present day reveals that the contributions of the North-Central to the progress of the APC can’t be denied, and are certainly appreciated,” elements of the assertion mentioned.
The Discussion board, in the identical vein, restated its pledge to ship six million votes for Tinubu within the North-Central in 2027. The assertion famous that the duty would now be made simpler with the area restored to its rightful place, according to the get together’s subsisting zoning association.
“President Bola Tinubu and the APC should have no considerations regarding North-Central votes when he seeks reelection in 2027. In reality, we are able to guarantee that the North-Central is already within the bag. Our promise to ship six million votes for President Bola Tinubu and the APC within the subsequent election is assured.”
The Discussion board congratulated Yilwatda on his emergence as APC Nationwide Chairman, noting that he has the capability to guide the get together to better heights.
The assertion added, “Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has over time demonstrated excellence, each in his profession within the college and in his political journey, which knowledgeable President Bola Tinubu and the NEC’s confidence in his potential to guide the APC. His information on the Federal College of Agriculture, Makurdi, the place he was a member of the college’s Senate for over 10 years, and likewise served as director of ICT, growing a 10-year ICT technique plan encompassing ICT structure and data flows, is testomony to his talents.
“He continued to excel outdoors the college system, presiding over profitable elections whereas serving as Resident Electoral Commissioner in Benue State. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Catastrophe Administration and Social Growth, underneath Yilwatda, has introduced succour to many voters by way of efficient interventions in disaster conditions throughout the nation whereas additionally increasing social safety providers to tens of millions of Nigerians.”
Yilwatda was named minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Catastrophe Administration and Social Growth in October 2024. He was the candidate of the APC within the 2023 gubernatorial election in Plateau State. He equally served because the coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Marketing campaign Group in Plateau State within the 2023 election.
The North-Central APC Discussion board assured Yilwatda of its help within the process of main the get together.
It additionally urged all stakeholders of the APC to rally spherical the brand new Nationwide Chairman to maneuver the get together ahead.
