The new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda has pledged to work with all stakeholders to deliver President Bola Tinubu as well as governorship, National and State Assemblies candidates of the party at the 2027 general elections.
Yilwatda made the commitment while addressing hundreds of party supporters under the aegis of the APC League of Professionals who paid him a solidarity visit at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He dismissed the claims by the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other opposition parties, saying the giant strides recorded under the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Tinubu-led administration were being felt across the nation.
“The child of the poorest man in Nigeria can now go to school to the peak without borrowing from anywhere. The government has made provision for that. This is the only time we’ve had that in the history of Nigeria. Government has dropped N1.5 billion in Bank of Agriculture (BOA) to support young men that want to go into agriculture.
“Never before we had this opportunity. We have the youth’s fund being given for the youths. Never before has any government done this. And I can tell you that the opportunity for the young people is right under our President.
“What I can show you first is a thank you for this support, a thank you for standing by our party, a thank you for believing in this party.”
The APC Chairman stressed that the party’s manifesto targets people young people. “The Renew Hope Agenda targets people like you. And I look forward to working with you to ensure that 2027 will deliver the President, will deliver the Governors, will deliver the Senators, House of Assemblies and House of Representatives members,” he said.
The pioneer Secretary of the Bayelsa State chapter of the APC, Hon. Marlin Daniel expressed gratitude to President Tinubu and Senator Hope Uzodinma-led Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) over the choice of Yilwatda as the national chairman of the party.
He expressed optimism that Yilwatda will deliver candidates of the party at the polls, in view of his experience as a politician and technocrat of several years.
