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  • APC fixes late-March 2026 convention date and releases congress timetable nationwide

    APC fixes late-March 2026 convention date and releases congress timetable nationwide

    Photo Credit: The Punch
    2025-12-20 16:00:00

    As detailed by Punch, the APC has released a timetable for ward, local government, state and zonal congresses, culminating in its national convention scheduled for March 25–28, 2026.

    The schedule outlines e-registration, form sales, screening, appeals and delegate selection steps, positioning the party for internal elections and leadership refresh.

    With 2027 politics in view, the congress timeline will shape control of party structures and delegate lists, often determining which factions dominate.

    APC’s official channel posted a “TIMETABLE FOR NATIONWIDE CONGRESSES,” while Kemi Filani also reported the party “has published its schedule” ending with the March 2026 convention.

    Echotitbits take:
    Watch for disputes over delegate lists, court cases challenging congress outcomes, and how closely the party follows INEC-facing rules to avoid a legitimacy crisis after convention.

    Source: Punch — December 20, 2025 (https://punchng.com/apc-fixes-march-2026-for-national-convention/)
    Punch 2025-12-20

  • APC: DG, Progressives Governors calls for constitution amendment

    APC: DG, Progressives Governors calls for constitution amendment

    Less than four months to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention, there has been a call for an amendment of the party’s constitution.

    The Director-General of Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman, made this call in a statement, suggesting that the amendment of the 2014 constitution of the party before the convention will check what he described as perceived excesses of some party officials at the state and federal levels.

    Lukman also advocated for a credible membership register ahead of the party’s national convention billed to hold in November this year.

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    The PGF DG warned that only a credible membership register can hand over the party to the people and save its structures from being hijacked at the states and federal levels.

    He further urged Yobe State Governor Mai Buni-led Caretaker and National Convention Planning Committee of the party to ensure that those who emerge as leaders of the party are not cronies of 2023 aspirants.

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    According to him, party supremacy will only be guaranteed if wards and states congresses are conducted based on credible register of members which will humble any 2023 aspirants.