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Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday officially welcomed Senator Neda Imasuen, representing Edo South, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following his defection from the Labour Party (LP). Akpabio assured the newly joined lawmaker that his efforts would not be in vain under the party’s banner.
The formal announcement was made during plenary when Akpabio read aloud a letter from Imasuen confirming his resignation from the Labour Party. In the letter, the Senator cited internal crises within the party as his reason for leaving, expressing confidence in the APC’s leadership and its guiding ideology, and pledging to contribute more effectively to national development.
Following the announcement, APC senators gave Imasuen a warm reception with applause and handshakes, escorting him to his newly assigned seat on the majority side of the chamber.
Welcoming the Edo South lawmaker, Akpabio said: “On behalf of the leadership of the Senate and the entire APC family, I welcome you, Distinguished Senator Neda. You will not labour in vain.”
Imasuen had in a letter to the Senate, wrote: “I write to respectfully notify the distinguished senate through the office of the senate president of my resignation from the Labour Party (LP) and my decision to officially join the All Progressives Congress (APC),” the letter reads.
“This decision follows extensive consultations with my constituents, my political stakeholders, my supporters across Edo south senatorial district who have expressed their desire to have me enter a party that will give our people national prominence and political relevance.”
The senator said he wants to align his district with the “development and the renewable agenda of the current administration”.
“My defection is necessitated by irreconcilable internal crises and leadership challenges within the Labour Party which have hampered my capacity to effectively represent and deliver on the true mandate of governance to the good people of Edo South,” he said.
“I remain fully committed to the service of my constituents and the democratic ideals of this senate.”
He requested that the letter be read publicly and documented in the Senate’s records.
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