ABUJA:  The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has announced a major restructuring of its media and strategic communications directorate, restricting official communication on behalf of the campaign to three designated officials.

The development was announced on Wednesday by the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu and Deputy Director-General (Administration) of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Gbajabiamila.

According to a statement issued by Gbajabiamila, the restructuring is aimed at ensuring greater coordination, discipline and consistency in the campaign’s public communication.

Under the new arrangement, only three officials are authorised to speak on behalf of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.

They are Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Director-General of the campaign council; Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, who will serve as the official spokesperson; and Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation.

Gbajabiamila explained that all individuals previously announced in spokesperson capacities would henceforth become members of the Directorate of Media and Strategic Communications rather than serve as authorised campaign representatives.

“All previously announced persons in this capacity shall henceforth dissolve into the Directorate of Media and Strategic Communications as members,” he stated.

The council also directed media organisations, particularly radio and television stations, to take note of the changes and ensure that invitations for official campaign representation comply with the new arrangement.

The statement added that the campaign council would designate appropriate representatives for media appearances whenever necessary.

The announcement comes barely a day after a controversial television appearance by Alwan Hassan, an APC Presidential Campaign Council member, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

During Tuesday’s interview, Hassan defended the Tinubu administration’s record on emergency response infrastructure and described the operational 112 emergency number as one of the government’s achievements.

However, the discussion took an unexpected turn when Hassan challenged the programme’s anchor, Seun Okinbaloye, to dial the emergency number during the live broadcast to demonstrate that the service was functional.

Repeated attempts to connect to the emergency number during the programme were unsuccessful.

Hassan subsequently suggested that network-related difficulties might have affected the calls, while Okinbaloye questioned the explanation following the failed attempts.

The exchange generated widespread reactions on social media, with Nigerians debating the effectiveness of the emergency response system and the government’s claims about its functionality.

Although the campaign council’s restructuring was announced less than 24 hours after the televised controversy, Gbajabiamila did not expressly connect the new communication arrangement to Hassan’s appearance or the failed emergency-line demonstration.

The restructuring nevertheless establishes a narrower communication structure for the APC presidential campaign, with three designated officials now responsible for speaking officially on its behalf.

Other previously designated spokespersons will remain within the media and strategic communications directorate as members.

The development comes as political parties intensify their public communication and campaign activities ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election.

RapidoSpace News will continue to monitor developments within the APC Presidential Campaign Council and its evolving media strategy.