List of APC National Working Committee members elected during 2026 convention

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected 29 executives for its National Working Committee (NWC) during its two-day national convention.
The two-day event titled, “Unity in Progress: Consolidating the Renewed Hope Agenda,” was held at Eagle Square, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory between Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2026.
The convention had in attendance, President Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the party, Vice President Kashim Shettima, 31 APC governors from across Nigeria; and 8,453 delegates from across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Full list of 29 elected NWC members
National Chairman – Professor Nentawe Yilwatda
Deputy National Chairman (North) – Ali Bukar Dalori
Deputy National Chairman (South) – Dr. Benjamin Obi Nwoye
National Secretary – Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru
Deputy National Secretary – Prof. AbdulKarim Abubakar Kana
National Legal Adviser – Murtala Aliyu Kankia
National Treasurer – Uguru Mathew Ofoke
National Financial Secretary – Amb. Haruna Ginsau
National Organising Secretary – Muhammad Sulaiman Argungu
National Welfare Secretary – Donatus Enyinnah Nwankpa
National Publicity Secretary – Felix Morka
National Auditor – Sen. Abubakar Maikafi
National Women Leader – Dr. Mary A. Idele
National Youth Leader – Dayo Israel
National Leader (Persons with Disabilities) – Aare Durotolu Oyebode Bankole
Deputy National Financial Secretary – Hammam Adamu Ali Kumo
Deputy National Organising Secretary – Barr. Emeka Okafor
Deputy National Women Leader – Zainab Abubakar Ibrahim
Deputy National Publicity Secretary – Hon. Meseko Durosinmi Josiah
Deputy National Welfare Secretary – Dr. Christopher Michael Akpan
Deputy National Auditor – Mr. Olugbenga Olayemi
Deputy National Legal Adviser – Barr. Ibrahim Salawu
Deputy National Treasurer – Engr. Ben Akak
Deputy National Youth Leader – Jamaludeen Kabiru
National Ex-Officio (North Central) – Dr. Opawoye Oluwatoyin Bunmi
National Ex-Officio (North East) – Adamu Jallah
National Ex-Officio (North West) – Kano Muhammed Jamu Yusuf
National Ex-Officio (South East) – Hon. Ikechukwu Umeh
National Ex-Officio (South South) – Mr. Francis Kolokolo
National Ex-Officio (South West) – Hon. Bunmi Orinowo
The convention which comes a few months to the 2027 general elections is the fourth national convention organised by the APC since its inception in 2013, following the merger of some opposition political parties. The previous conventions were held in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
The parties that formed the APC through a coalition in 2013 were the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), a breakaway of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) referred to as N-PDP, and a section of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
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