Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, SAN, and Rivers State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Tony Okocha, have introduced the APC membership card to Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Keyamo and Okocha are presently within the authorities home, Port Harcourt, the place the governor was additionally embellished with the APC crest.
Recall that Fubara, at a stakeholders assembly in authorities home, Port Harcourt, on Monday, introduced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Occasion to the APC, saying he’ll excellent different membership procedures within the coming days.
A supply within the authorities home stated Keyamo is a visitor of the federal government for the inauguration of a challenge within the state on Friday.
Talking, Okocha stated he was in authorities underneath the directive of the APC Nationwide Chairman to current the get together’s membership card to the governor and lauded the latter on his resolution to affix the fold.
He said, “Your excellency, I used to be referred to as up by the chairman of our nice get together and given the mandate to go to you and to formally current our membership card to you as a prelude to your official reception.
“Let me take this day trip to congratulate you in your resolution to affix the All Progressive Congress.”
Responding, Governor Fubara reiterated that his resolution to maneuver to the APC is for the curiosity and progress of the state; henceforth, it is going to be his duty to correctly deal with the APC within the state.
The governor additionally stated his motion was in recognition of President Bola Tinubu’s sacrifice to make sure that he stays in workplace as governor.
He said, “Let me thank my chairman for taking on this. Like him, he stated it’s a non secular task. I need to thanks for accepting to embark on this non secular task.
“It’s a non secular task as a result of should you had listened to me once I took this resolution, it was for the protection, safety, progress, and improvement of our pricey state. We are able to’t be doing our personal right here, and we will probably be happening a unique course with the federal authorities, the ruling get together.
“There’s each purpose to assist Mr President. If not for every other factor, as an individual, I do know the sacrifice he has made to make sure that we nonetheless stand as a authorities.”
Fubara continued, “So I took this resolution as my very own return favour, my very own clearing the bush to make sure that his reelection come 2027 will probably be straightforward, easy on this state. Now that we’re multi function get together, as a result of I consider that we now have at all times been with him, however possibly from totally different flats.
“We are actually inside one flat. The job is simple to proceed what we now have promised, Mr President. Let me thank the nationwide govt, the state Chairman who’s representing the Nationwide Chairman. I need to guarantee you, you possibly can take my message again to him.
“We’ll do every thing to maintain APC as the primary and lively progressive get together in Rivers State. We’re not solely going to cease there, however it’s my duty from this minute to make sure that the get together is correctly taken care of.
“I’ll guarantee you right here that each want of the manager, each want of the get together on this state, turns into my duty.