By Abuja, Nigeria
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its doors are open to all opposition politicians in the country to join the progressive party.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, stated this today in an interview on Arise Television monitored by AfrikTimes. While speaking during the interview, Morka stated that the recent wave of defections was a reflection of confidence in the administration of President Bola Tinubu,
According to Morka, governors defecting to the ruling party were aligning themselves with the positive reforms witnessed under the Tinubu administration.
“What you see is governors who have decided to join our party to identify with this resurging Nigeria that this President is clearly positioning Nigeria to be,” he said.
“We are happy, we are excited about people who join our party. We cannot be gatekeepers to filter out people who want to join our camp. We don’t do that because it is undemocratic,” Morka said.
He dismissed the fear and speculations that the defections will result in a one party state, stressing that Nigeria had experienced similar political dominance in the past without undermining democracy.
“The Peoples Democratic Party at some point in our history governed Nigeria with about the same number of governors.
“I was very active in the political world at that time and there was no spectre anywhere about a one-party state because the PDP had those numbers of governors. That’s not the case now, and I think we should not equate people joining our party with that mode,” Morka maintained.
