By Kingston Magare 14.10.2025
Enugu State governor Peter Mbah officially declared for the ruling party All Progressive Congress Tuesday, saying it was President Bola Tinubu’s twin economic policies of subsidy removal and floating of the naira that made him follow the President.
Mbah, his predecessor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Federal and State lawmakers and a score of others dumped the People’s Democratic Party in Enugu and pitched tents with the APC.
“I fell in love with this president from the day he made the announcement to remove fuel subsidy and unified the foreign exchange market essentially because, given my background as somebody who plays in the oil and gas sector, I’ve also written features in the past on why it has become necessary for the subsidy to go,” Mr. Mbah said.
He said it was a joint decision by the PDP hierarchy in Enugu to leave in their numbers.
“Today, we have made the decision to leave the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and join the All-Progressives Congress.
“To the Peoples Democratic Party, which provided the platform on which we campaigned and won, I extend deep gratitude.
“For nearly three decades, the PDP and the people of Enugu State walked side by side, united by shared purpose.
“Yet, leadership sometimes demands difficult- even painful decisions in the service of higher principles and goals. And there always comes a time when everyone must make a bold choice to determine their destiny,” he said.
Enugu governor Mbah receives his APC membership card.