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.
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