APC kicks off congresses, convention plans Monday

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin the process of electing its officials from the ward, local government, state congresses and national convention on Monday.

This signals the beginning of preparations for next year’s general election.

The party’s ongoing e-registration of members, which started at the beginning of the month, will end tomorrow.

Last night in Abuja, the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) reaffirmed the dates for the crucial party elections after being briefed by the National Working Committee (NWC) led by National Chairman Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda.

Both the party leadership and the governors agreed to keep the party in cohesion and maintain a transparent process leading to the elections of party officials from the ward, local government, states, and to the national level.

The schedule of activities stamped yesterday had been ratified by the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party held in December.

The schedule stated that the December 1, 2025 – January 30, 2026 membership e-Registration will be followed by the issuance of notices of congresses to state and Federal Capital Territory chapters on Monday (February 2, 2026).

According to the schedule, purchase and submission of forms for ward and local government area congresses are scheduled for between February 4 and February 9.

It added that screening committees for ward and local government area positions will be inaugurated on February 10, with screening of aspirants from February 11 to February 13.

Ward congresses are fixed for February 18, while appeals arising from the ward congresses will be heard on February 19; local government area congresses, including the election of three delegates, one of whom must be female, to the national convention, will be held on February 20, with appeals scheduled for February 21.

At the state level, the purchase of forms for state executive positions will commence earlier, from February 23 to February 27, 2025.

Screening and appeals for state executives are slated for late February and early March, while state congresses will be held on March 7.

The time-table stated that appeals from state congresses will be entertained between March 9 and March 11, while the party will then move to the zonal level, with the purchase and submission of forms for zonal congresses and the national convention scheduled for March 12 to March 17.

According to the schedule, zonal congresses will be inaugurated on March 18, followed by the screening of aspirants on March 19 and 20.

It said the zonal congresses across the six geopolitical zones will take place on March 21.

The designated zonal offices are Ibadan for the Southwest, Enugu for the Southeast, Rivers/Cross River for the Southsouth, Kaduna for the Northwest, Gombe/Bauchi for the Northeast and Nasarawa for the Northcentral.

Appeals arising from the zonal congresses would be heard on March 23.

The timetable shows that the APC National Convention is scheduled to be held from March 25 to March 28. (NATION)