Yilwatda Says Tinubu Happy With APC Progress Amid Primary Fallout

Nentawe Yilwatda, the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared that the party is capable of resolving its disagreements.

Yilwatda’s remarks coincide with the APC’s current primaries-related concerns.

In an interview with reporters following his meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Wednesday, he said that the APC’s popularity throughout Nigeria made the party’s primaries the most contested in the nation’s history.

The APC Chairman claimed that the primaries were mostly peaceful and free of rancour while expressing gratitude to President Tinubu and members nationwide for their support.

“I also want to express my gratitude to our supporters for their methodical approach to these procedures. It’s well-organized, almost rancour-free, and has few complaints. Election-related complaints are common, but the process is almost flawless, he said.

“Our guidelines on consensus are clear,” he remarked in response to the disputes and controversies surrounding the consensus arrangements in certain jurisdictions. We also have clear policies regarding direct primaries. Direct primaries are used when reaching a consensus is ineffective. People in every state are acting in this manner.

Yilwatda added that the party had internal procedures to deal with post-primary disputes.

“After this primary election, there will undoubtedly be some disgruntled party members. Over time, our internal dispute resolution process has been successful.

The Presidential Conflict Resolution Committee is one of them. The Party Conflict Resolution Committee is one of them. “We manage people as much as we can, and the party itself has been working to reduce crisis,” he stated.

“The President was very impressed with the logistics we deployed across the country, the tactics we’ve used,” he added. The fact that there are fewer cases nationwide has also really impressed him. He is pleased with our work.

The chairman described the exercise as a logistical success and praised members for their discipline, which resulted in “limited conflicts” during the process. He said that the nationwide deployment of direct primaries this cycle was a significant step and indicated improvements in the party’s organizational capacity.