The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has directed all state coordinators of the party’s ongoing nationwide electronic membership registration to register all party members or face removal.
The national chairman urged the registration coordinators to fulfil their responsibilities.
Yilwatda spoke yesterday during an interaction with all the state registration coordinators at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The national chairman’s directive followed an announcement by APC’s National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, that the party had registered over 2 million members within one week of the take-off of the nationwide exercise in some states.
The ongoing registration is scheduled to end on January 30.
Yilwatda told the coordinators that no member of the party should be left unregistered, warning that any coordinator who fails would be replaced.
Yilwatda stressed that the job of the coordinators is not ceremonial but a responsibility to strengthen the party.
“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,” he said.
The national chairman reminded the coordinators that they are the foot soldiers of the party, stressing that when party structures at the state level are strong and functional, the party itself becomes strong.
He also urged APC 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.
Yilwatda decried a situation where the party claimed millions of members in a state but recorded very low votes during elections.
The national chairman described such discrepancies as unacceptable.
He added that the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) had created an environment that was conducive to ensuring the success of all party programmes.
According to him, party structures at all levels must begin to reflect real membership strength.
Yilwatda also warned that any State Executive Committee (SEC) member who fails to register before January 30 would be removed from office, stressing that the NEC, the second-highest organ of the party after the convention, has the constitutional authority to enforce compliance.
The national chairman implored all the state chairmen to support the registration process.
“It is not negotiable. This warning must be sounded from the state level down to the ward level,” he said.
Yilwatda condemned sharp practices aimed at blocking or excluding some 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, Yilwatda directed coordinators to use Android phones where tablets are unavailable, adding that no state should delay the exercise with the excuse of waiting for devices.
The national chairman urged the coordinators to avoid making the exercise unnecessarily expensive for state governments.
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