President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has revealed that several governors from opposition parties are finalizing plans to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, citing growing national acceptance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Akpabio made this disclosure during the public presentation of a book titled Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria, authored by Governor Hope Uzodimma. The event took place in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
“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,” Akpabio stated.
He noted that Nigerians across different sectors were already acknowledging the effects of the Tinubu-led reforms. “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,” he added.
Akpabio commended Governor Uzodimma for documenting the APC’s journey and achievements over the past decade, describing the effort as crucial for preserving the party’s legacy. “I believe strongly in development and progress. I thank Governor Uzodimma for deciding to put history in writing in his 10 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.”
Reflecting on his own experience, Akpabio stated that even during his tenure as governor of Akwa Ibom State nearly two decades ago, his commitment to progressivism was evident through the projects he executed.
He concluded by congratulating Governor Uzodimma and the APC national leadership on what he described as a decade of significant accomplishments under the party’s banner.
