The new national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has pledged to unite, build and expand the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Mr Yilwatda said this in his acceptance speech on Thursday after he was appointed national chairman at the APC’s National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.
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PREMIUM TIMES reported how the APC leadership resolved to make the Plateau politician and academic the national chairman at a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and APC state governors on Wednesday.
His appointment was ratified at Thursday’s APC NEC meeting held at the State House, Abuja.
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He was, until his latest appointment, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Yilwatda also said he aims to ensure the APC fulfils “the dream of Nigerians who have reposed their hope in the renewed hope agenda.”
Read the full speech below.
Let me express my profound gratitude to God and the leadership of the party, from the President, to the Governors, and the National Assembly members, all members of NEC, for reposing this big burden and trust also in me to lead the party at this juncture.
Let me thank you also for picking me among millions of members of this party, and that the party will see me good enough and responsible enough to take this party to the next level.
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I do not take this mandate for granted. I want to accept it with gratitude and with my full heart and with my full mind to work together with you, to build the party; knowing that all of us here are the mechanics of the party and the party is our vehicle and we’ll fix it and move it to our destination of choice.
I pledge without hesitation that I will work with everybody in the party, unite the party, build the party, expand party with you as the focus and the building block and the support I will require to drive the party as needed by all of us so that we can fulfil the dream of Nigerians who have reposed their hope in the renewed hope agenda.
Lastly, I will trust and look up to the leadership of the party, members of the party and all of you seated here for us to fulfil the dreams that Nigerians have of APC.
