The Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yilwatda, has directed all Coordinators of the continuing nationwide digital membership registration train throughout the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory to make sure that no member of the occasion is left unregistered, warning that any Coordinator who fails on this accountability shall be changed.
Yilwatda gave this directive when he met with all of the State Registration Coordinators on the Nationwide Secretariat of the APC in Abuja.
All of the State Organising Secretaries of the occasion on the state degree are the coordinators of the train besides the place any of them them was not educated for the train.
The continued registration train is scheduled to finish on January 30, 2026.
For a mass-membership political occasion just like the APC, digital registration is not only a technical improve; it’s a strategic political reform. Its advantages lower throughout credibility, mobilisation, self-discipline and electoral power.
Based on the APC Chairman, the place of Coordinator just isn’t ceremonial however a accountability to strengthen the occasion.
“If any Coordinator doesn’t get all members registered in his or her state, we are going to drop you and appoint one other particular person. The place you occupy is a chance to make the occasion higher,” he stated.
Yilwatda reminded the Coordinators that they’re the foot troopers of the occasion, stressing that when occasion constructions on the state degree are sturdy and practical, the occasion itself turns into sturdy.
He additionally charged State Get together Chairmen to cooperate totally with the Coordinators to make sure a seamless and profitable train.
“No one contests elections on the Nationwide Secretariat. Elections are gained or misplaced on the state, senatorial, constituency, native authorities and ward ranges. The efficiency of the occasion rests squarely on you,” he said.
The Chairman warned in opposition to a scenario the place the occasion claims hundreds of thousands of members in a state however information very low votes throughout elections, describing such discrepancies as unacceptable going ahead.
He disclosed that the Nationwide Government Committee has created a conducive atmosphere to make sure the success of all occasion programmes and insisted that occasion constructions in any respect ranges should start to replicate actual membership power.
He additional warned that any State Government Committee member who fails to register earlier than January 30, 2026, shall be faraway from workplace, stressing that NEC, the second highest organ of the occasion after the Conference, has the constitutional authority to implement compliance.
He implored all of the State Chairmen to help the drive of this registration train. It isn’t negotiable. This warning have to be sounded from the state degree all the way down to the ward degree,” he stated.
Professor Yilwatda additionally condemned sharp practices aimed toward blocking or excluding occasion members from the registration course of.
“No Chairman, no Coordinator, and never even a Governor has the ability to cease any occasion member from being registered. Nobody have to be disenfranchised,” he warned.
To make sure velocity and effectivity, the Chairman directed Coordinators to make use of Android telephones the place tablets are unavailable, stressing that no state ought to delay the train ready for units.
He urged Coordinators to keep away from making the train unnecessarily costly for state governments and disclosed that in his personal state, registration officers had been recruited from inside their wards to ease logistics.
Giving an replace on progress, Professor Yilwatda revealed that Delta State is at present main, adopted by Lagos, Kebbi, Adamawa and Plateau States, and inspired different states to emulate their tempo and dedication.
He introduced that he would evaluation the progress of the progress in 5 days.
The APC Chairman additionally linked the digital registration to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ongoing reforms, stressing that the occasion should replicate the identical spirit of modernization and accountability.
“We want correct information to help the President. We have to be totally different from all different events. We can not make choices on defective premises. This registration should succeed,” he declared.
He defined that the digital registration, the primary of its type by any political occasion in Nigeria, will give APC a reputable, verifiable and real-time membership database, improve inner democracy, enhance marketing campaign planning, get rid of fraud, and make sure that occasion assets are deployed based mostly on actual and dependable information.
Of their response, the Coordinators counseled Yilwatda for his management and the progress recorded underneath his tenure, pledging their full dedication to the success of the train.
They assured him that inside the subsequent two weeks, occasion constructions in any respect ranges could be revitalised and that they’d ship totally earlier than the deadline.