{"id":26979,"date":"2025-10-15T17:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplegazette.org\/?p=26979"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:47:16","slug":"senator-ben-murray-bruce-dumps-pdp-for-apc-as-ruling-party-captures-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplegazette.org\/?p=26979","title":{"rendered":"Senator Ben Murray-Bruce dumps PDP for APC as ruling party captures Bayelsa*"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Ochogwu Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former federal lawmaker, Ben Murray-Bruce, who represented the Bayelsa East Senatorial District, in Bayelsa State, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<br>The former lawmaker made the announcement on Wednesday in a statement he personally signed and posted on his Facebook page.<br>He lauded President Bola Tinubu-led administration, stating that for the \u201cfirst time in our nation\u2019s history, we have a President who truly understands finance, who sees the economy not as a political slogan, but as a living organism that must be disciplined, deregulated, and allowed to breathe\u201d.<br>\u201cThe painful reforms we face today are the very foundation of tomorrow\u2019s prosperity. We are moving into a free-market economy, one that rewards hard work and innovation instead of dependency and distortion.<br>\u201cLook around you: under this administration, the appointment of the National Security Adviser has redefined our national safety architecture. Insecurity is being quietly and systematically dismantled. The Central Bank, now professionally steered, is stabilizing the economy, rebuilding confidence, and restoring the dignity of the naira.<br>\u201cOur foreign policy is again respected. Our fuel supply is deregulated. We will never again live through the humiliation of fuel scarcity. The numbers are beginning to speak, investments are returning, and the world is watching Nigeria rise again.<br>\u201cAnd beyond economics, Bola Tinubu\u2019s infrastructural drive is unprecedented; from massive road networks to modernized ports, airports and housing schemes springing up across the nation. These developments are not just concrete and steel; they are the arteries through which growth and opportunity now flow.<br>\u201cI know it is still a difficult season for many families. But as history teaches, reform is never painless. Yet, it is in these moments of sacrifice that nations are reborn.<br>\u201cThat is why today, I am joining the All Progressives Congress (APC), not for politics, but for progress. Because I believe that Bola Tinubu\u2019s leadership, guided by courage and intellect, will deliver the Nigeria we have all dreamed of.<br>\u201cMark my words: in the full term of eight years, Nigeria will witness phenomenal growth. I choose to stand with that vision. I choose to stand with reform. I choose to stand with the future.<br>It was earlier reported that the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri on Wednesday dumped the opposition party.<br>He defected to the ruling APC alongside his cabinet members and local government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Daily Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ochogwu Sunday Former federal lawmaker, Ben Murray-Bruce, who represented the Bayelsa East Senatorial District,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senator Ben Murray-Bruce dumps PDP for APC as ruling party captures Bayelsa* - 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