The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to hold its ward, local government, state, and zonal congresses next year.

The congresses will precede the party’s national convention to be held next March. The party listed these rogrammes in the timetable and schedule of activities it released yesterday in Abuja among the programmes it lined up for next year.

A detailed schedule of activities and timetable, in line with Articles 11 and 17 of the party’s constitution released by its National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, showed that the activities started on December 1.

According to the one-page document, the process started with a nationwide membership e-registration on December 1 and will be concluded on Thursday, January 30, next year. This is to enable the party to update and validate its membership database ahead of the congresses.

The schedule also showed that notice of the congresses will be issued to state and FCT chapters on Monday, February 2, 2026. Aspirants can purchase and submit nomination forms for ward and local government positions from Wednesday, February 4 to Monday, February 9, 2026. Screening of aspirants will take place from Tuesday, February 10 to Friday, February 13, 2026. Ward congresses are scheduled for Saturday, February 14, 2026.

The local government area congresses, including the election of three national convention delegates per local government (with at least one female), will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

Windows for appeal are provided for the ward election on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and local government appeals on Saturday, February 21, 2026.

The sale of forms for state executive positions will be held from Monday, February 23 to Friday, February 27, 2026. Screening for state executives will be held from Monday, March 2 to Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The election of State Executive Committees (SECs) at the state congress is set for Saturday, March 7, 2026, with appeals arising from state congresses fixed for Monday, March 9 to Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

For the zonal activities, nomination forms for zonal congresses and the national convention will be on for sale and submitted from Thursday, March 12 to Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

The timetable indicated that the zonal congresses will take place simultaneously on Saturday, March 21, 2026, across designated centres in the six geopolitical zones: Ibadan for the Southwest, Enugu for the Southeast, Rivers/Cross River for the Southsouth, Kaduna for the Northwest, Gombe/Bauchi for the Northeast, and Nasarawa to host the Northxentral. Appeals arising from zonal congresses will be addressed on Monday, March 23, 2026.

The climax of the exercise will be the National Convention, scheduled for Wednesday, March 25 to Saturday, March 28, 2026, where national officers will be elected and key party decisions made.

The motions to this effect were raised and adopted last Friday at the 15th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which was held at the Conference Centre of the State House in Abuja. (The Nation)

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