Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda’s Appointment As APC Chairman: A Triumph Of Meritocracy & A Boost For Democratic Strengthening In Nigeria

ABSTRACT: This paper offers a reasoned rejoinder to criticisms surrounding the appointment of Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Contrary to prevailing allegations that his prior service in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) jeopardizes the neutrality of the Commission, this analysis contends that his emergence as party…