19th December, 2025
President Bola Tinubu and other key figures from the All Progressives Congress (APC) convened for the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. The meeting, the second NEC gathering of 2025, included the participation of several APC governors, former governors, and defecting governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The NEC is the party’s highest decision-making body between conventions.
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President Bola Tinubu and other party members attend the 15th National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja.Friday’s gathering marks the party’s second NEC meeting in 2025, after an earlier session held in February.
It is also the first since Prof Nentawe Yilwatda emerged as APC National Chairman in July.The meeting comes just days after the APC shifted its National Caucus and NEC meetings from 15–16 December to 18–19 December, with the NEC scheduled to hold at the Presidential Villa. Our correspondent observed several governors and senior party figures at the venue, including serving APC governors, former governors, and principal officers of the National Assembly.
Also in attendance were six governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party who recently defected to the APC: Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno, and Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas.
The APC National Executive Committee is the party’s highest decision-making body between conventions, bringing together the President, Vice-President, National Chairman, National Working Committee, governors and other key stakeholders to make binding decisions on party administration, policy direction and preparations for future elections.
