APC Reverses 2026 Political Schedules, Extends E-Registration Nationwide, Lists States Where Congress Wouldn’t Hold

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<h4>APC Reverses 2026 Political Schedules</h4>&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;<a href="https&colon;//openlife&period;ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a> reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has revised its 2026 activity schedule, extending the ongoing membership e-registration exercise until February 8, 2026&period;&NewLine;The reversed activities exclude Rivers State, Osun State, Ekiti State and the Federal Capital Territory from its forthcoming party congresses&period;&NewLine;The <a href="https&colon;//openlife&period;ng/">APC</a> National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this to reporters in Abuja on Friday&period; He also explained that the National Convention, earlier scheduled for March 17, will now take place on March 27 and 28&period;&NewLine;Last year, the party unveiled a detailed schedule for its 2025/2026 nationwide ward, local government, state and zonal congresses, culminating in the National Convention&period; &NewLine;The schedule initially fixed the membership e-registration exercise for December 1, 2025, to January 30, 2026&period;&NewLine;However, Morka said the 183rd National Working Committee extended the exercise to February 8 to allow more party members to register and to help the APC reach its 12 million membership target&period;&NewLine;He further explained that Rivers State was excluded from the upcoming ward congresses because off-cycle congresses were held there last year, while Osun State, Ekiti State and the Federal Capital Territory were excluded due to upcoming <a href="https&colon;//www&period;vanguardngr&period;com/">governorship</a> and council elections&period;&NewLine;The APC Publicity Secretary, flanked by the National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, and other members of the National Working Committee, said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At the meeting, the National Working Committee of our great party adopted the following resolutions and decisions&period; First, the Committee resolved to extend the ongoing membership e-registration exercise from January 31, 2026, to February 8, 2026&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Second, the party will hold its congresses on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, with the National Convention scheduled to take place from March 27 to March 28, 2026&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However, with respect to the congresses, there will be exceptions for the following states&colon; Osun State, Ekiti State, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Rivers State&period; These states will be excluded from the upcoming congresses&period;”&NewLine;Morka urged party members, particularly with regard to the e-registration exercise, to continue mobilising those yet to register and to take full advantage of the extension approved by the National Working Committee&period;&NewLine;He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In addition, the National Working Committee approved the composition of the Coordinating Committee for the National Convention&period; We believe this will be published on Monday, when the full list of members and the chairmanship of that committee will be made available&period; All changes and adjustments made to the congress schedule will also be published and made available to you on Monday&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With respect to the exceptions for Osun, Ekiti, the FCT, and Rivers State, there are two explanations&period; First, Osun State, Ekiti State and the FCT have upcoming elections&period; These states are exempted to allow those elections to take place&period; Congress in those states will be scheduled subsequently, after the elections&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With respect to Rivers State, you will recall that the party conducted off-cycle congresses in Rivers State last year&period; The tenure of the executives elected at that congress is still subsisting&period; Therefore, we must wait for that tenure to expire before scheduling fresh congresses in Rivers State&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On the extension of the e-registration exercise, there is a simple explanation&period; We want more members to register&period; We are responding to the clamour by enthusiastic members who are eager to register, and the extension is to give them more time&period;”&NewLine;The National Secretary said the e-registration exercise had been highly successful, noting that the extension was not due to low participation but aimed at accommodating more party members&period;&NewLine;He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yes, and we are already above that figure&period; We are doing very well&period; In line with our efforts to digitise everything about our party, applications for the upcoming congresses will also be available online&period; This is the first of its kind&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are innovating rapidly, and we believe this sets us apart&period; With regard to the e-registration exercise, there are two essential requirements&colon; the registrant must provide a name and a Voter Identification Number (VIN)&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What APC is doing is ensuring that its members are financially inclusive, enabling them to own assets and benefit from various interventions by government and international organisations&period; How can one be a member of a political party without being a registered voter&quest; The best way to show support for your party is the ability to vote&period; These two requirements are mandatory and are being complied with&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When I was here about a week ago, I stated that we would cross the seven-million mark&period; We have crossed that mark, and by the grace of God, by the time registration closes on February 8, we expect to cross 12&period;5 million members&period;”&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;