President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be ready to receive more governors of the opposition into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Akpabio said more governors were putting finishing touches in preparation to join the APC, noting that Nigerians were already seeing the positive outcomes of the Tinubu-led administration.

Akpabio spoke at the launch of a book, ‘Ten Years of impactful leadership of the APC administration in Nigeria’, written by Governor Hope Uzodimma and commissioning of projects by President Bola Tinubu in Owerri, according to a statement by his special assistant on media, Jackson Udom.

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Recall that Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, and Delta State governor, Sheriff, had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling APC.

Akpabio said, “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 Nigerians were beginning to see the positive outcomes of President Tinubu’s policies and programmes.

“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. 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,” he added.