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Two Senators from Akwa Ibom State have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and joined the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Senators are Sampson Ekong, senator representing Akwa Ibom south, and Aniekan Bassey, the Akwa Ibom north-east.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during Wednesday’s plenary.
The Eastern Updates reports that there has been gale of defection from PDP to the ruling APC.
While several political bigwigs dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, others have found solace in the APC.
The two Akwa Ibom Senators, according to the letters read by Akpabio, cited the leadership crisis rocking the PDP as their reasons for rejecting the party.
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Federal Oil and Gas Hospital in Benikrukru, Delta State.
This followed the presentation of the report by the Senate Committee on Health, chaired by Senator Banigo Ipalibo Harry (PDP, Rivers)
Harry noted that the bill was sponsored by Senator Joel Thomas (APC, Delta).
She explained that the bill seeks to establish a hospital to provide comprehensive medical care for oil and gas workers and affected communities.
According to her, the bill received strong backing from stakeholders during the public hearing.
