President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with a delegation of stakeholders from Enugu State at the State House in Abuja.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that the stakeholders were led by the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah.
The President assured the stakeholders that he would continue to address issues of infrastructure development in the region.
“On the matter you raise, the rail from Port Harcourt to Enugu, the power sector reforms, the infrastructure that is the backbone of economic development in our country, I have taken note and will do more,” he said.
President Tinubu, during a meeting with Enugu stakeholders led by Gov. Peter Mbah
Recall that Governor Mbah recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that governors who defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) would soon regret their actions.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that the opposition party stated this while reacting to the APC’s decision to rule out automatic tickets for defecting governors.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said the governors who dumped the party for the APC acted out of selfish interest rather than concern for their people.
Among the PDP governors who have defected to the APC are Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, and Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano.
Beyond the governors, several members of the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly, former governors, ex-ministers and other party leaders have also left the PDP for the ruling party.
Speaking to The PUNCH, Ememobong said the defectors’ “regret has only just begun.”
“We have said it before that their defection is not in the interest of Nigerians or even the people they govern in their respective states. The move was purely driven by selfish motives,” he said.
Ememobong said the PDP was not surprised by the APC’s refusal to grant automatic tickets, describing the ruling party as one that does not genuinely value its members.
“We also know that the APC is not a party that truly values its members, so this outcome was expected. We saw it coming, and this is only the beginning of their regret,” he stated.