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APC national chairman appoints aides

The appointees include special advisers (SAs), advisers and senior special assistants (SSAs).

• December 24, 2025
Nentawe Yilwatda
APC chairman Nentawe Yilwatda

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has approved the appointment of 15 aides to strengthen the party’s administrative and strategic capacity.

The appointees include special advisers (SAs), advisers and senior special assistants (SSAs).

Abimbola Tokin, special adviser on media and communication strategy to the chairman, disclosed this on Wednesday.

Mr Tokin said the appointments were part of ongoing efforts to enhance effective coordination, policy formulation and stakeholder engagement at the party’s national secretariat.

He said the appointees were expected to deploy their experience and professionalism in supporting the national chairman in the discharge of his duties.

According to him, the chairman congratulated the aides and urged them to demonstrate dedication, loyalty and commitment to the ideals and objectives of the APC.

“The appointments take immediate effect,” Mr Tokin said.

Those appointed as special advisers are Danladi Sankara (political matters), Daniel Oritsegbubemi (National Assembly matters) and Sorochi Longdet (research, strategy and planning).

In the advisers category are Jubrin Surajo (community engagement), Paul Domsing (special duties), Suleiman Bukari (intelligence coordination) and Taiwo Balofin (honorary adviser on diaspora coordination and mobilisation).

Those appointed as senior special assistants include Imran Muhammad (new media), Mildred Bako (civil society organisations), Juliet Obinta (youth mobilisation) and Ismaila Mohammed (conflict management).

Others are Zarah Onyinye (media–public affairs), Enenedu Idusuyi (protocol), Yusuf Dingyadi (media) and Adaku Apugo (media). 

(NAN) 

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