Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said more governors from opposition parties are preparing to join President Bola Tinubu in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Akpabio made the remark on Wednesday in Owerri while delivering a goodwill message at the launch of Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria, a book written by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, during the commissioning of projects by President Tinubu.
“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 said.
He noted that Nigerians were beginning to witness the positive impact of the president’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. 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 also praised Governor Uzodimma for documenting the party’s achievements in 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 record, the Senate President stated that his projects as Akwa Ibom governor nearly two decades ago already marked him out as a progressive.
