APC Releases Timetable for 2026 Congress
By Our Correspondent
The All Progressives Congress has released a comprehensive schedule of activities for its 2025/2026 nationwide ward, local government, state, and zonal congresses, culminating in the party’s national convention.
The APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, released the schedule via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Saturday.
According to the timetable signed by Basiru, the activities are being conducted in accordance with the provisions of Articles 11 and 17 of the APC Constitution. They are aimed at electing party officials at all levels.
The schedule stated that the process would begin with the commencement of membership e-registration on Monday, December 1, 2025, and would run until January 30, 2026.
It added that this will be followed by the issuance of notices of congresses to state and Federal Capital Territory chapters on February 2, 2026.
According to the schedule,
Purchase and submission of forms for ward and local government area congresses are scheduled to take place between February 4 and February 9, 2026.
It was disclosed that screening committees for ward and LGA positions will be inaugurated on February 10, with the screening of aspirants taking place from February 11 to February 13.
Ward congresses are fixed for Wednesday, February 18, 2026, while appeals arising from the ward congresses will be heard on February 19. LGA congresses, including the election of three delegates, one of whom must be female, to the national convention, will be held on February 20, with appeals scheduled for February 21.
At the state level, the purchase of forms for state executive positions will commence earlier, from February 23 to February 27, 2025. Screening and appeals for state executives are scheduled for late February and early March 2026, while state congresses will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
The timetable stated that appeals from state congresses will be entertained between March 9 and March 11, after which the party will proceed to the zonal level, with the purchase and submission of forms for zonal congresses and the national convention scheduled for March 12 to March 17, 2026.
According to the schedule, zonal congresses will be inaugurated on March 18, followed by the screening of aspirants on March 19 and 20.
It said the zonal congresses across the six geopolitical zones will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
The designated zonal offices are Ibadan for the South West, Enugu for the South East, Rivers/Cross River for the South South, Kaduna for the North West, Gombe/Bauchi for the North East, and Nasarawa for the North Central. In contrast, appeals arising from the zonal congresses will be heard on March 23.
The timetable indicates that the APC National Convention is scheduled to take place from Wednesday, March 25, to Saturday, March 28, 2026.
