National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has declared that the ruling party is not under the control of any governor, stressing that decisions within the party are taken at the national level.
According to him, governors do not wield ultimate authority over the APC, as party activities and plans at the state level are guided by the national leadership.
Yilwatda stated this while featuring on the Sunset programme on Jay FM, Jos, Plateau State.
“Across the country, nobody can take any section of the party. For anything you are going to do at the state level, it is planned at the National level. It is not planned at the state level. This is the APC structure and that is how we work,” he said.
He added, “We work with structure. We don’t work with sentiments and emotions. Nobody has control over the party, even myself. No local government chairman has control over APC. No governor has control over APC. No senator or individual has control over APC.”
The APC chairman further explained that the party deliberately avoided establishing a board of trustees to prevent unnecessary crises.
He emphasised that, “that was why APC doesn’t have a board of trustees. APC is owned by the people. People are the trustees of APC. Unlike other political parties where you have some people controlling and having structures of the party in their hands. As a party chairman, there is no board of trustees supervising me. I supervise myself.”
