Akpabio: More opposition governors preparing to join APC

Senate President Godswill Akpabio says more governors from opposition parties are preparing to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Jackson Udom, special assistant on media to the senate president, said in a statement on Wednesday that Akpabio spoke on Tuesday while delivering a goodwill message in Owerri, the capital of Imo state.

The occasion was the launch of “Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria”, a book authored by Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo.

The event also featured the commissioning of projects by President Bola Tinubu.

“Mr President, with what you have done in the last two years, get ready to receive more governors from the opposition parties,” Akpabio said.

“As I speak, there are several governors in Nigeria today that are ready to be received by you.”

The senate president said Nigerians are already beginning to acknowledge the outcomes of Tinubu’s 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,” he said.

“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 commended Uzodimma for documenting his tenure, saying progressivism is measured by actions, not words.

“I thank Governor Uzodimma for deciding to put history in writing, in his 10 years of impactful leadership of the APC administration in Nigeria,” the senate president said.

“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.”

Akpabio said as governor of Akwa Ibom 18 years ago, his developmental strides already aligned him with progressive politics.

He congratulated Uzodimma and the APC national leadership for the party’s achievements in the last decade.