By Ndidi Ezeagu
Party swapping or change of political camp is not unconstitutional.
It is a practice in sync with freedoms of association, expression, movement etc, that are specifically etched in Chapter 4: sections 33-46 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as ammended.
In recent months, inter-party migration took a new wave of dimension in Nigeria. This development flowed from the crumbling of some major opposition parties due to internal leadership crises, multiple litigations and inexusable factionalization.
Going by avaliable record, the All Progressive Congress-APC led by Alhaji Ahmed Bola Tinubu, President and Commander in Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces happens to be greatest uptaker of the fleeing politicians from these ailing parties.
From available information, the APC being the center ruling party has adequate strength, capacity and space to effectively shelter the political migrants.
As it stands today, she is the only political body in the country that maintains viable central command base, a factor that has all the time ensured discipline and effective party supremacy among members.
In addition, the center ruling party has an enduring and updated resume, life and adequate activity breath required by the Independent National Electoral Commission-INEC to optimally function across board.
To say the least, the rest of the political organisations including the Peoples Democratic Party-PDP, the Labour Party-LP and others suffer from protracted strings of internal leadership crisis, untreamable spates of litigations and serious fractional debasements that had rendered them corporately impotent and ireedemably disfunctional.
It would be recalled that two governors namely: Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, both of the PDP separately joined the APC in April and June 2025 respectively with their retinue of Aides and House of Assembly members, albeit after due consultation with their body of constituents.
Aside from reasons surrounding the depletion besieging the Peoples Democratic Party; both Governors told Nigerians that they joined APC for their states to be part of the ruling party in the center.
They also stated that by joining the party, their people are assured of iminent presidential grace by way of additional resources for enhanced federal presence in both Delta and Akwa Ibom states.
In Enugu state, the news that Governor Peter Mbah has accepted to move the Coalcity state into the center of the nation’s politics was received with jubilation and comfort.
The truth about this wise and timely decision is that under His Excellency, Barr. Dr. Peter Mbah; Enugu state now has a new map of progress drawn inside it.
The state has following effective performance by the governor, become a cynosure of beauty laced with massive re-industrialisation effort just within a space of two years.
This is the handiwork of an individual who got prepared for leadersship much unlike surrogates grafted to occupy number one positions of authority frpm where they spin down orders unwarrantingly.
This is why the slogan “Tomorrow is Here” is remarkably futuristic and firmly assuring Ndi Enugu that the way is clear. Absolutely clear
Pundits point to the fact that there was no way the APC government at the center would have just look the other away while the new Enugu scenerio play on without Tinubu’s inprint.
Yes! Governor Mbah has been recieving accolades for his ingenious works but Enugu shall have more of such come the hour of Dr. Mbah’s declaration into the APC.
Becoming an APC state is like securing a bountiful Insurance premium for speedier physical development, increased air of employment and massive economic empowerment for people of productive age bracket.
Above all, President Tinubu being a father to the state governors would certainly reward each of his children according to their individual performance and there, Peter Mba has a defined position.
Honestly speaking, Peter Mbah is God sent and with an uncommon pedigree.
A peep into his eight year development workplan for Enugu state shows him a man of high intellectual capacity coupled with his avid business acumen; the state would no doubt step into the corridors of the digital world for improved productivity with the birth of the 260 Smart-Green -School initiative.
Yours sincerely was part of a recent interface which Governor Mbah had with some hundreds of stakeholders from the Enugu West Senatorial zone a few days ago and judging by spill of comments that followed, Enugu state now has a governornment equable with the kind of developmental stride seen under Dr. M.I Okpara of the 1960s.
