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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, and the chairman of the party’s 2026 National Convention Central Coordination Committee, Aminu Bello Masari, have admitted that there are challenges confronting the forthcoming convention, but emphasised that they are not enough to stop the event scheduled for this weekend.
The duo of Yilwatda and Masari spoke to newsmen on the sidelines in Abuja after leading the Environmental and Sanitation Subcommittee of the convention on a road march, tagged ‘Walk for a cleaner and safer environment’, on Monday.
Responding to speculation that the convention is under threat, the National Chairman, represented by the Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, said: “We want the country to know that we are not just preparing for our convention but also for our primaries.”
“Are there challenges, yes, but they are ones that are surmountable. Whatever challenges we can have for Saturday’s convention can be overcomed. APC has shown that it is a resilient, ensuring party and a party built and anchored on time tested ideology.”
Speaking earlier at the event, Masari, a former governor of Katsina State, argued that it is natural for challenges to accompany every human endeavour.
“Yes are are some challenges, but do you live life without challenges? Exactly, there are some. When you left your house to come here, didn’t you face challenges? Other traffickers will interrupt you. Life without challenges is meaningless.
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“As for our readiness, why are you asking the obvious when you have seen it? I can tell you that we are ready and the event will go on as planned,” he assured.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives also used the opportunity to commend the sanitation subcommittee, noting: “They have done a good job, and they have made a very good decision.”
“They have aligned themselves to win. And this shows that we said APC is ready, and they have won. And we are waiting for 2027, and our Convention, we are ready for it, come Saturday. I thank the organisers of this road march, for being so green, wherever you go, you are green. Let it go green. Let it go green. We are ready, you can see that we are ready,” he said.
The secretary of the subcommittee, Senator Uche Ekwulife, who represented the chairman, Governor Usman Ododo, said: “I want to thank everyone for coming out to let Nigeria know that APC is prepared. We are not just prepared for Convention, we are prepared for the 2027 election, when we are going to return our President, President Bola Tinubu and our Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima.”
“We want to let them know that we are not just green, we are ready, we are prepared, we are confident that 2027, APC is going to win landslide, 90 per cent of all the vote cast in Nigeria. President Tinubu is coming back,” she said.
Those in attendance at the event included former Senate President Senator Pius Anyim Pius; former governor of Cross River State Ben Ayade; former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, among others.
