Get Ready to Receive More Opposition Governors, Akpabio Tells Tinubu

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that more governors from opposition parties are preparing to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), praising President Bola Tinubu’s leadership for producing results already visible across the country.

Akpabio made the remark on Tuesday during the launch of *Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria*, a book authored by Governor Hope Uzodimma 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,” he said.

The Senate President added that Nigerians themselves were testifying to the benefits of the reforms introduced under Tinubu’s government. “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 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 stated.

Akpabio also commended Uzodimma for documenting his decade-long political journey and achievements, noting that progress must be measured by tangible actions and results. “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 history, Akpabio recalled that as governor of Akwa Ibom State nearly two decades ago, he was already aligned with progressive ideals through the projects and policies he initiated.