By Thomas Abidoye
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has officially announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared his decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The senator made the official declaration on Wednesday in a post shared on his social media page, stating that his decision was based on his conviction that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership is driving Nigeria in the right direction.
According to Senator Murray-Bruce, his long-standing relationship with President Tinubu since 1998 has given him confidence in the President’s courage, conviction, and result-driven approach to governance.
He noted that for the first time in Nigeria’s history, the country has a President who understands finance and is focused on implementing reforms that prioritize economic discipline, deregulation, and long-term growth.
Senator Murray-Bruce also highlighted key areas of progress under the Tinubu administration, including national security restructuring, the professional management of the Central Bank, the stabilization of the naira, and the deregulation of the fuel sector.
He commended the federal government’s infrastructural developments, such as ongoing projects in roads, ports, airports, and housing, which he described as essential to driving growth and creating opportunities across the nation.
The former PDP senator stated that although the current economic reforms are challenging for many Nigerians, they remain crucial to the nation’s rebirth and sustainable prosperity.
Ben Murray-Bruce noted that his defection to the APC was not for political gain but for national progress, expressing confidence that President Tinubu’s leadership will bring about phenomenal growth for Nigeria within his full eight-year tenure.
Read the full statement below:
I have known President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu since 1998. I know the man’s mind, his courage, and his conviction. He is not driven by applause, he is driven by results. And today, I can boldly say to you that he is on the right track.
For the first time in our nation’s history, we have a President who truly understands finance, who sees the economy not as a political slogan, but as a living organism that must be disciplined, deregulated, and allowed to breathe.
The painful reforms we face today are the very foundation of tomorrow’s prosperity. We are moving into a free-market economy, one that rewards hard work and innovation instead of dependency and distortion.
Look around you: under this administration, the appointment of the National Security Adviser has redefined our national safety architecture. Insecurity is being quietly and systematically dismantled. The Central Bank, now professionally steered, is stabilizing the economy, rebuilding confidence, and restoring the dignity of the naira.
Our foreign policy is again respected. Our fuel supply is deregulated. We will never again live through the humiliation of fuel scarcity. The numbers are beginning to speak, investments are returning, and the world is watching Nigeria rise again.
And beyond economics, Bola Tinubu’s infrastructural drive is unprecedented; from massive road networks to modernized ports, airports and housing schemes springing up across the nation. These developments are not just concrete and steel; they are the arteries through which growth and opportunity now flow.
I know it is still a difficult season for many families. But as history teaches, reform is never painless. Yet, it is in these moments of sacrifice that nations are reborn.
That is why today, I am joining the All Progressives Congress (APC), not for politics, but for progress. Because I believe that Bola Tinubu’s leadership, guided by courage and intellect, will deliver the Nigeria we have all dreamed of.
Mark my words: in the full term of eight years, Nigeria will witness phenomenal growth. I choose to stand with that vision. I choose to stand with reform. I choose to stand with the future.
Thank you, and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
– Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.