{"id":194068,"date":"2026-02-09T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:30:58","slug":"49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda","title":{"rendered":"49.8 Percent of APC Members Are Youths Yilwatda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has disclosed that the ruling party has a strong youth presence.<\/p>\n<p>Yilwatda said that 49.8 percent of APC members are youths between the ages of 18 and 35.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring on TVC Sunday Politics, Yilwatda said most of the youths are in the APC.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAbout 49.8% of our members, as of yesterday, are between the ages of 18 and 35.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party is youthful, unlike before when we were deceived into thinking that most of the youths were with certain individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, we have proven to the world that most of the youths are with the APC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Yilwatda had said the ruling party is targeting 20 million members.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the party is already approaching 12 million members in its current e-registration drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has disclosed that the ruling party has a strong youth presence. Yilwatda said that 49.8 percent of APC members are youths between the ages of 18 and 35. Featuring on TVC Sunday Politics, Yilwatda said most of the youths are in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>49.8 Percent of APC Members Are Youths Yilwatda - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has disclosed that the ruling party has a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"49.8 Percent of APC Members Are Youths Yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has disclosed that the ruling party has a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-09T09:24:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-09T10:30:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770632963.096507.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"49.8 Percent of APC Members Are Youths Yilwatda\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-09T09:24:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-09T10:30:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770632963.096507.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/49-8-percent-of-apc-members-are-youths-yilwatda\",\"name\":\"49.8 Percent of APC Members Are Youths Yilwatda - 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