Conference: APC to elect nationwide leaders by consensus

The All Progressives Congress has confirmed that it plans to undertake a consensus strategy for choosing its nationwide management in the course of the social gathering’s conference scheduled for March 27–28, 2026, in Abuja.

The Assistant Secretary for Media and Publicity for the APC Nationwide Conference 2026, Mary Ikoku, disclosed the plan throughout an interview on Channels Tv’s Dawn Every day on Wednesday.

On the difficulty of elective positions throughout primaries, Ikoku stated the social gathering had not but determined how these could be dealt with, noting that selections could range relying on native political dynamics.

She defined, “APC, for this conference, I’m conscious and might say that the social gathering is adopting consensus for this conference. As as to if they’re adopting consensus for elective positions, I wouldn’t have a solution to that as a result of politics is native.

“So, I consider that, on the finish of the day, in the case of the difficulty of elective positions, the individuals who would emerge aren’t usually what you’ll need to make consensus in each house.”

Ikoku additionally addressed the Electoral Act’s provisions, which require political events to register members on-line inside a specified timeframe and description acceptable strategies for candidate choice.

She stated these necessities posed challenges for some events however mirrored preparedness—or the shortage thereof.

“We’ve got an electoral legislation that defines the fashions for these elections. Direct primaries and consensus have been allowed, whereas oblique primaries have been taken out.

“That’s the present legislation of the nation, handed and assented to. Now, why do you suppose different political events can have points with that?” she requested.

“That may be to say there are ranges of unpreparedness of those political events. Any political social gathering that’s price its salt shouldn’t wait until election season to begin getting ready for the run for workplace and all of those congresses.

“It’s one thing they’d have deliberate forward of time. So, if you find yourself not proactive as a celebration, these sorts of conditions can problem you deeply,” she added.

Forward of the conference, the social gathering started screening aspirants for key positions in its Nationwide Working Committee , together with Nationwide Chairman aspirant Nentawe Yilwatda and Nationwide Secretary hopeful Ajibola Basiru.

Different NWC members searching for to retain their posts embrace Nationwide Youth Chief Dayo Israel, Deputy Nationwide Chairman (North) Ali Bukar Dalori, Nationwide Authorized Adviser Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana, Nationwide Lady Chief Mary Alile Idele, and Nationwide Publicity Secretary Felix Morka, amongst others.