The All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to announce the appointment of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nentawe Yilwatda, as its Acting National Chairman, sources within the party confirmed on Wednesday.

The formal announcement is expected during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday in Abuja.

This development follows the resignation of former chairman Abdullahi Ganduje on June 27, which left the party’s leadership in flux.

Since Ganduje’s departure, the APC’s Deputy National Chairman (North), Ali Bukar Dalori, from Borno State, has been overseeing party affairs on an interim basis.

Stakeholders from the North-Central geopolitical zone, including the North-Central APC Forum, have intensified calls for the chairmanship position to be returned to their region.

 They argued that keeping the post in the North-East, where Dalori hails from, contradicts the party’s internal power-sharing principles.

“Returning the chairmanship to North-Central is not only about equity but about party stability,” a senior party official told our reporter under anonymity.

Political observers view the decision to appoint Yilwatda as a strategic move to restore regional balance and manage brewing discontent within the ruling party.

Who is Nentawe Yilwatda? Born in 1968 in Plateau State, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda is an engineer, academic, and seasoned public servant with extensive experience in governance and administration.

Former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Benue State, Former Director of ICT at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, APC Governorship Candidate for Plateau State in the 2023 general elections, Appointed Minister by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024.