Any state coordinator of the ongoing nationwide electronic membership registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who who fails in this responsibility will be replaced, according to the National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda.
He also disclosed that Delta State is currently leading in the exercise, followed by Lagos, Kebbi, Adamawa and Plateau, and encouraged other states to emulate their pace and commitment.
Urging the coordinators to ensure that no member of the party is left unregistered during the exercise, which is scheduled to end on 30 January 2026, the National Chairman said that their positions are not ceremonial but a responsibility to strengthen the party.
He told the state coordinators, who are also the party’s state Organising Secretaries, at the national secretariat in Abuja on Monday: ‘If any coordinator does not get all members registered in his or her state, we will drop you and appoint another person. The position you occupy is an opportunity to make the party better’.
For a mass-membership political party like the All Progressives Congress (APC), electronic registration is not just a technical upgrade, it is a strategic political reform. Its benefits cut across credibility, mobilisation, discipline and electoral strength.
Yilwatda reminded the coordinators that they are the foot soldiers of the party, stressing that when the party structures at the state level are strong and functional, the party itself becomes strong.
He also charged state chairmen to cooperate fully with the coordinators to ensure a seamless and successful exercise.
‘Nobody contests elections at the national secretariat. Elections are won or lost at the state, senatorial, constituency, local government and ward levels. The performance of the party rests squarely on you’, he stated.
The National Chairman warned against a situation where the party claims millions of members in a state but records very low votes during elections, describing such discrepancies as unacceptable going forward. He disclosed that the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has created a conducive environment to ensure the success of all party programmes and insisted that its structures at all levels must begin to reflect real membership strength.
Yilwatda warned that any state Executive Committee member who fails to register before 30 January 30 2026 would be removed from office, stressing that NEC has the constitutional authority to enforce compliance.
He implored all the state Chairmen to support the the registration exercise drive. ‘It is not negotiable. This warning must be sounded from the state level down to the ward level’, he said.
He also condemned sharp practices aimed at blocking or excluding party members from the registration process.
‘No Chairman, no Coordinator, and not even a Governor has the power to stop any party member from being registered. No one must be disenfranchised’, he warned.
To ensure speed and efficiency, the National Chairman directed coordinators to use Android phones where tablets are unavailable, stressing that no state should delay the exercise by waiting for devices.
He urged coordinators to avoid making the exercise unnecessarily expensive for state governments and disclosed that, in his own state, registration officials were recruited from within their wards to ease logistics.
Yilwatda announced that he would review the progress of the progress in five days.
He also linked the electronic registration to President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing reforms, stressing that the party must reflect the same spirit of modernization and accountability.
‘We need accurate data to support the President. We must be different from all other parties. We cannot make decisions on faulty premises. This registration must succeed’, he declared.
He explained that the electronic registration, the first of its kind by any political party in Nigeria, would give APC a credible, verifiable and real-time membership database, enhance internal democracy, improve campaign planning, eliminate fraud, and ensure that party resources are deployed based on real and reliable data.
The coordinators commended Yilwatda for his leadership and the progress recorded under his tenure, pledging their full commitment to the success of the exercise.
They assured him that, within the next two weeks, party structures at all levels would be revitalised and that they would deliver fully before the deadline.
