Nearly two months after his emergence as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda has failed to formally resign his position as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, raising serious constitutional and ethical concerns.
Yilwatda was appointed on July 24, 2025, replacing Abdullahi Ganduje, who resigned on health grounds. However, unlike standard practice where cabinet members stepping into partisan leadership positions resign their ministerial posts, the former Plateau governorship candidate has continued to straddle both roles.
Party sources informed Daily Independent on Monday that many key stakeholders in the APC are already lobbying for the vacant ministerial position, but Yilwatda appears to want to combine both roles as minister and party chairman.
President Bola Tinubu has also not named another ministerial candidate for the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry almost two months after Yilwatda’s assumption of office as APC national chairman.