The party also extended the exercise scheduled to round off on Saturday, January 31 to February 8 to accommodate the high demand and enthusiastic response from potential and existing members.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, disclosed these to newsmen after the 183rd meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Friday in Abuja
He said the extension of the registration exercise was a direct response to widespread clamor from party stakeholders.
According to Morka: “With respect to the e-registration, there’s no complicated explanation. We just want more members to register,” adding that, “the extension was in response to the clamor by enthusiastic members who are hoping to register, to afford them more time.
“As of now, we have crossed the mark of 7 million… By the grace of God, by the time we are closing on the 8th of February, we should have crossed the mark of 12.5 million.”
Reaffirming the primary aim of the e-registration was part of the party’s push to digitalise its records, ensure data integrity, promote financial inclusion and align with national legal standards.
He noted the APC has become the first major political party in Nigeria to fully digitalise its membership register, setting a precedent for internal democracy and modernisation.
Applauding the registration exercise as “tremendously successful”, APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, maintained that the requests for extension of the exercise came from various stakeholders, including state-level leaders and the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF).
Basiru said: “The e-registration has been tremendously successful. We have received requests from many states that there are so many members that are still eager to register… Based on that request, particularly by the body of the Governors Forum at the meeting we held with them the day before yesterday, that was why the National Working Committee decided to extend.”
Morka also announced that ward congresses will hold on Wednesday, February 18 while the National Convention is scheduled for 27–28, March 2026.
He added that Osun and Ekiti States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are excluded from scheduled congresses due to upcoming elections while Rivers State is excluded due to the subsisting tenure the current executive committees of the party in the State.
The party spokesman further said that details on the adjusted Congress and National Convention timetable and schedule of activities and composition of the National Convention Planning Committee will be announced on Monday
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