The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has hinted that more governors from opposition parties are considering defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to align with President Bola Tinubu.
Naijaonpoint reports that Akpabio made this assertion in Owerri during the launch of a book, “Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria,” authored by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, alongside the commissioning of projects by President Tinubu.
In his goodwill message at the event, Akpabio told the President to expect a wave of defections from opposition states.
“Mr President, with what you have done in the last two years, get ready to receive more governors from the opposition parties. As I speak, there are several governors in Nigeria today that are ready to be received by you,” the Senate President said.
Akpabio noted that ordinary Nigerians were beginning to feel the impact of Tinubu’s reforms, adding that the beneficiaries themselves were now testifying to the outcomes.
“The students, farmers and businessmen are all speaking on the various reforms you have brought into governance, which are now yielding results in the overall interest and benefit of the people. If we say it, they will accuse us of rubber-stamping your achievements, but the beneficiaries are the ones talking about what you have done,” Akpabio stated.
Akpabio also commended Governor Uzodimma for documenting the achievements of the APC in the last decade through his book.
“I thank Governor Uzodimma for deciding to put history in writing in his Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria. If you don’t tell your story, others will tell it for you. Progressiveness is not in words, it is in action. The quality of works done by the governor is of high quality and the people of Imo State must be very, very excited,” he said.
Reflecting on his own political journey, Akpabio maintained that his record as governor of Akwa Ibom nearly two decades ago showed he was already a progressive by action.
“As the Governor of Akwa Ibom State 18 years ago, I was already a progressive, based on the projects I executed,” he added.
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