The All Progressives Congress has scheduled its national convention for March 2026.

The party on Saturday released comprehensive activities for its 2025/2026 nationwide ward, local government, state and zonal congresses, culminating in the party’s national convention.

According to a timetable signed by the National Secretary of the party, Ajibola Basiru, the activities are being conducted pursuant to the provisions of Articles 11 and 17 of the APC Constitution and are aimed at electing party officials across all levels.

The schedule stated that the process will begin with the commencement of membership e-registration on December 1, 2025, which will run until January 30, 2026.

It added that th’s will be followed by the issuance of notices of congresses to state and Federal Capital Territory chapters on February 2, 2026.

According to the schedule, purchase and submission of forms for ward and local government area congresses are scheduled to take place between February 4 and February 9, 2026.

It disclosed that screening committees for ward and LGA positions will be inaugurated on February 10, with screening of aspirants holding from February 11 to February 13.

Ward congresses are fixed for February 18, 2026, while appeals arising from the ward congresses will be heard on February 19.

Local government congresses, including the election of three delegates, one of whom must be female, to the national convention, will hold on February 20, with appeals scheduled for February 21.

At the state level, the purchase of forms for state executive positions will commence earlier, from February 23 to February 27, 2025. Screening and appeals for state executives are slated for late February and early March 2026, while state congresses will hold on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

The timetable stated that appeals from state congresses will be entertained between March 9 and March 11, while the party will then move to the zonal level, with the purchase and submission of forms for zonal congresses and the national convention scheduled for March 12 to March 17, 2026.

According to the schedule, zonal congresses will be inaugurated on March 18, followed by the screening of aspirants on March 19 and 20.

It said they zonal congresses across the six geopolitical zones will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2026.

The designated zonal offices are Ibadan for the South West, Enugu for the South East, Rivers/Cross River for the South South, Kaduna for the North West, Gombe/Bauchi for the North East, and Nasarawa for the North Central., while appeals arising from the zonal congresses will be heard on March 23.

The timetable shows that the APC National Convention is scheduled to hold from Wednesday, March 25, to Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Sunday PUNCH)

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