The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be screened before participating in the party’s upcoming primary elections, news.ng reports.
This was decided at the party’s 188th meeting held on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by Barrister Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary.
The decision was in line with the party’s Article 13.4 (xiii) and (xiv), which allows the NWC to organise primaries and grant waivers in special circumstances when it serves the best interest of the party.
According to Morka, the NWC took note of the endorsements and the votes of confidence President Tinubu has received from various groups, including the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), the leadership and members of the National Assembly, and other organs of the party at the APC National Summit of May 22, 2025.
According to the NWC, screening the incumbent President would be “redundant and unnecessary” since he was screened and cleared ahead of the 2022 presidential primaries.
The APC primaries, based on its revised timetable, is as follows:
House of Representatives: May 15, 2026
Senate: May 18, 2026
State House of Assembly: May 20, 2026
Governorship: May 23, 2026
Presidential: May 23, 2026
