The All Progressives Congress, APC, has acknowledged that it’s concentrating on over 20 million registered members nationwide, as its ongoing digital membership registration approaches 12 million entries.
Nationwide Chairman of the occasion, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, disclosed this on TVC on Sunday whereas responding to issues that the occasion’s earlier 12.5 million membership projection was too bold.
In accordance with Yilwatda, the APC has already crossed the 11 million mark and is steadily closing in on 12 million registered members, stressing that the occasion has no plans to halt the registration train.
“We’re concentrating on over 20 million members. Already, we have now crossed 11 million, and we’re closing in on 12 million. We’re not closing our registration,” he stated.
The APC chairman defined that whereas the occasion would print its membership register to fulfill timelines forward of its conference and submission to the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), membership registration itself stays a steady course of.
“Membership registration is a steady course of,” the APC chairman stated. “What we’re doing is to print our register so we are able to meet the timeline to replace and undergo INEC earlier than our conference.”
Yilwatda highlighted that the e-registration system captures detailed private knowledge of members, together with Nationwide Identification Numbers, addresses, wards, polling models, and native authorities areas, guaranteeing transparency and eliminating allegations of non-Nigerians being registered.
“As we speak, we have now the identification variety of all our members,” he stated. “No person can declare that we introduced individuals from Niger, Chad, or anyplace else. They’re all Nigerians, recognized, recognized, and tied to their polling models and wards.”
He stated the excellent database would strengthen grassroots mobilization, marketing campaign planning, inner analysis, and electoral technique, noting that candidates might probably win elections utilizing solely verified occasion members in sure wards.
“If you’re contesting in a ward, we are able to pull our members there, offer you their contacts and addresses, and you may attain them instantly,” Yilwatda stated. “In some locations, you’ll be able to win an election with solely our members. That’s our goal.”
The APC chairman added that the digital register would additionally allow the occasion to conduct coverage analysis and political evaluation throughout wards, native governments, states, and zones with out bodily fieldwork.
