Nentawe Yilwatda

Nentawe Yilwatda
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
Assumed office
24 July 2025
Preceded byAbdullahi Umar Ganduje
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction
In office
24 October 2024 – 24 July 2025
Preceded byBetta Edu
Succeeded byBernard Doro
Personal details
Born (1968-08-08) 8 August 1968
PartyAll Progressives Congress (since 2021)
SpouseMartina Yilwatda Goshwe
Children1
Occupation
  • Politician
  • engineer
  • academic
  • professor
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Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda (born 8 August 1968) is a Nigerian politician, engineer and academic who has served as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress since 2025. He previously served as the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development from October 2024 to July 2025. He was the flag bearer for his party in the 2023 gubernatorial election in Plateau State.

Yilwatda was the resident electoral commissioner in Benue state from July 2017 to December 2021. He was also the ICT director at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, for 12 years. He was nominated and appointed as the All Progressive Congress National Chairman on 24 July 2025.