Goshwe Nentawe Yilwatda

Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda (born 8 August 1968 in Dungung, Kanke) is a Nigerian politician, engineer, and academic. He has served as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) since 2025 and previously served as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development from October 2024 to July 2025, after being inaugurated on 24 October 2024. He was the APC governorship candidate in Plateau State in 2023, polling 481370 votes and losing the election. His listed qualifications include First School Leaving Certificate, General Certificate of Education, and B.Eng.

Yilwatda served as ICT director at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, for 12 years and later became Resident Electoral Commissioner in Benue State from July 2017 to December 2021, resigning to contest APC primaries in Plateau in 2022. He attended Boys Secondary School, Gindiri, from 1981 to 1986 and later gained admission into the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. He also coordinated the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organization in Plateau during the 2023 general elections, challenged the Plateau 2023 governorship outcome in court, and accepted the judgment after the apex court ruled in favor of the Peoples Democratic Party.