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THE SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SENATOR BENSON SUNDAY AGADEGA
AGA-DEMA 1 OF OGBIA KINGDOM
Bayelsa East Senatorial District
Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas Host Communities
29th October, 2025
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His Excellency,
Dr. Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON
President of the Senate,
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
National Assembly Complex,
Three Arms Zone,
Abuja.

Your Excellency, the Senate President,

NOTICE OF RESIGNATION FROM THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) AND FORMAL DEFECTION TO THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC)

The saying goes that change is the only permanent thing in life. Indeed, as the Holy Scriptures remind us, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” I believe that the time for change in my political sojourn has come.

Permit me, Mr. President and Distinguished Colleagues, to recall that I voluntarily retired from the public service in 2003 to serve as Honourable Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism under the administration of His Excellency, Governor D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha, in Bayelsa State. This tough decision was made even after my appointment as Permanent Secretary, at a time when Permanent Secretaries were not so permanent.

Thereafter, I had the privilege of serving as Executive Chairman of the Bayelsa State Universal Basic Education Board during the tenure of His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as Governor. Subsequent political appointments I was honoured to hold under the PDP administration include my service as Special Adviser on Establishment Affairs under His Excellency, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, and later as Chief of Staff, Government House, under His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, during the first tenure of his administration.

I wish to express my profound gratitude to God Almighty and to my supporters in the People’s Democratic Party for the opportunity given to me to serve in various capacities. The fact that I stand today as a Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is due to the benevolence of the People’s Democratic Party and the goodwill of numerous well-wishers.

Furthermore, in taking this compelling decision for change, I am not oblivious of the favour the People’s Democratic Party and indeed Nigerians extended to my brother, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, by catapulting him to the Presidency.

However, it is both astonishing and deeply disheartening to observe that the once proud and largest political party in Africa has been torn into shreds due to internal wranglings and irreconcilable differences at both the state and national levels. The centre can no longer hold; the umbrella has been balkanized and is leaking profusely.

Taking cognizance of these unhealthy political developments within the People’s Democratic Party, and after wide-ranging consultations, I have finally arrived at the inevitable conclusion to reason Progressive, think Progressive, and act Progressively for a Renewed Hope in Nigeria.

I am therefore constrained to formally declare my resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and my defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), with effect from today, the 29th of October, 2025.

Kindly accept, Mr. President and Distinguished Colleagues, the assurances of my highest regards and unalloyed Support.

Senator.Benson Agadaga.MON.

Ceejay8:
First to comment , thanks everyone , this is my first time making FTC , I dedicate this to Mazi nnamdi Kanu and omoyele sowore

Ceejay8:
First to comment , thanks everyone , this is my first time making FTC , I dedicate this to Mazi nnamdi Kanu and omoyele sowore

mercysamuelson:
Hmmm! APC making waves every seconds of the day.

Why no one dey move go the other ones na?

IPDGP:
Power of yoruba man, pdp was very strong when Obasanjo was president,

Apc self go fall one day but not when Tinubu is still in power

Juliette5803:
Jagaban doesn't need to do much, he has gotten his second tenure
There must be something in ApC, that is so attractive that politicians are scrambling for

Sirseedorf:
Omo it seems LP, Adc and people are just on social media but in reality there are useless

anonimi:
May 1, 2025

May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu

According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”

On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.

Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/may-day-hunger-unemployment-insecurity-real-tinubu/

thisweekng:
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”
Private sector to drive the economy

https://nairametrics.com/2023/09/01/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/

mascot87:
Respect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu my people.

He is the greatest politician ever in Nigeria

Lanrelagboi:
Lagos has now crossed the 3 Trillion Naira annual budget mark. Crossed 2 Trillion in 2024.

Memory Lane: the first full-year Lagos State budget (Year 2000) in the 4th Republic was in the region of 40-something billion Naira. And it was described as “unprecedented” back then.


https://x.com/toluogunlesi/status/1877326708904181856?t=R_xycXnffVtjtiWwoGCzAQ&s=19[/quote]>>;
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs

anonimi:
Ratio of public to private schools in Lagos State is one to 22 ― Commissioner
September 4, 2022

The Lagos State government has said the ratio of public to private schools at both primary and secondary school levels in the state is one to 22.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the revelation in her remark at the 2022 edition of the Total School Support Seminar Exhibition (TOSSE) held at Oregun in Ikeja between Thursday and Friday.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ratio-of-public-to-private-schools-in-lagos-state-is-one-to-22-%E2%80%95-commissioner/

anonimi:
Is he also the worst leader looter ever in Nigeria, seeing how his Lagos master plan has increased tax burden on the people, to raise IGR and budget to N3.4 trillion from N42 billion a quarter of a century ago? Nevertheless, he has failed to deliver ordinary water to all households, and failed to deliver free education for all children.

Is this not the same thing he is doing in Abuja


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs

anonimi:
How was PDP a weak party when Yar’Adua was president, even though he was sick and dying?

Was it not the Bayelsa man who started the disintegration of the party by running for reelection in 2015 after usurping the chance of northerners in 2011

WizardOfNG:
About the only balanced comment you've ever made here. GEJ, because of personal ambition, started the decline of PDP.

Atiku, a highly self-serving perennial Presidential candidate, then put the Party out of its misery in 2023.

anonimi:
Wike lobbied PDP committee to be Atiku’s running mate – Ex-gov’ship aspirant

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:33:04 WAT

Muazu Magaji, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano State, has alleged that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, lobbied members of the party’s committee constituted to advise the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the choice of his running mate.

Magaji disclosed this while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, on Thursday.

The Kano politician also argued that there was no proof that Atiku promised Wike the vice president position as claimed.

The PDP committee had recommended the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and Wike.

The committee, however, scored Wike above the other two contenders but Atiku decided to settle for Okowa. A decision that has since unsettled Wike’s camp.

Magaji, however, claimed that Wike lobbied to be scored ahead of others, adding that the Rivers State governor should not be trusted with important positions in the country.

https://dailytrust.com/wike-lobbied-pdp-committee-to-be-atikus-running-mate-ex-govship-aspirant/

ddippset:
Says a man who hijacked the party and singlehandedly produced the last 4 National Chairmen of the party for his own selfishness.

Says a man who accepted nomination to be running mate to Fulani Atiku.
He knew it was injustice to give Atiku the ticket yet he lobbied to be the VP.


He knew the party had to go South for the 2023 election, yet he still put Secondus as National Chaiman just to hijack the party..
Only to push Secondus out because he wanted the ticket 2023.

This man remains the biggest problem of PDP.

He can only deceive and fool his minions, not reasonable people.