Nentawe Yilwatda

Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda

Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda is a Nigerian engineer, academic and politician from Plateau State who has served as National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress since July 2025. His earlier public roles included election administration in Benue State and service as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.

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About Nentawe Yilwatda

Profile information current to 2026-08-22.

Nigeria · Engineer, Academic, Politician

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Known for: Nigerian party politics; Election administration; Humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction
Country: Nigeria

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At a glance

He was elected and inaugurated as APC National Chairman on July 24, 2025.
INEC listed him as Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue State during the 2019 general election.
He served as Nigeria's Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction before becoming APC National Chairman.
He was the APC candidate in the 2023 Plateau State governorship election, which was won by Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Background and education

Yilwatda is from Plateau State and was reported to have been born on August 8, 1968, in Dungung, Kanke Local Government Area. A 2025 profile reported that he studied Electrical/Electronic Engineering at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, before undertaking postgraduate engineering studies at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His professional background spans engineering and academia.

Election administration and federal service

Before reaching the APC's national leadership, Yilwatda held public responsibilities in election administration and humanitarian policy. INEC's report on the 2019 general election listed him as Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue State. By November 2024, official federal material identified him as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, a position he held before a successor assumed the office in November 2025.

Electoral politics in Plateau State

Yilwatda contested the 2023 Plateau State governorship election as the APC candidate. He did not win the election, which was secured by Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party, but the candidacy established him as a prominent APC figure in Plateau State politics before his move into the party's national leadership.

APC national leadership

The APC elected and inaugurated Yilwatda as National Chairman at its 14th National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja on July 24, 2025. Official APC and State House material continued to identify him as chairman as of August 22, 2026, placing him at the head of Nigeria's governing party's national organization.

Timeline

1968-08-08 Born in Dungung, Kanke Local Government Area, Plateau State, according to a 2025 profile.
2019 Listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission as Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue State in its report on the 2019 general election.
2023 Ran as the APC candidate for governor of Plateau State.
2024 Held office as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction by November 2024.
2025-07-24 Elected and inaugurated as APC National Chairman at the party's 14th National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.

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Current context

Yilwatda was listed as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in official APC and State House material reviewed for the stated as-of date. A State House release dated August 8, 2026 identified him as APC National Chairman, and the APC's current National Working Committee page also listed him in the office.

Biographical facts

He is from Plateau State, Nigeria.
A 2025 profile reported that he earned an Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, followed by engineering postgraduate degrees from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
He was the APC candidate in the 2023 Plateau State governorship election; Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party won the election.

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All Progressives Congress National Chairman 2025-07-24–present
Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction 2024–2025
Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue State 2019–2019