…says he stands by his utterances on economic hardship Nigerians are facing
The senator representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has broken the silence on his removal as the Chief Whip of the Senate, saying, having reviewed the conversation that prompted his ouster, his action did not warrant his sack.
Ndume was removed as the senate chief whip after his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu government’s handling of the nation.
This is coming up about two days after the decision of the upper chamber to remove him from his office as Senate Chief Whip.
The lawmaker also said he has also declined his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Tourism, arguing that he lacks the experience and exposure to lead such a sensitive group.
The Borno South lawmaker who stated this in his country home of Maiduguri on Friday about 48 hours after he was removed as the Senate Chief Whip. said that he had never wanted to be a senate whip after serving as the leader in the eight Senate.
Ndume further explained that he was given the chance to choose which committee to serve as the vice chairman having successfully led the campaigns that brought about the emergence of Godwill Akpabio as president of the Senate.
On the issue of directive or charge for him to resign from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the senator said he is a founding member of the party.
According to him, he was one of the twenty-two senators from the PDP that formed the APC when the current national chairman of the party Abdullahi Ganduje was a deputy governor in Kano State.
He, however, said that when former President Muhammadu Buhari in the company of President Bola Tinubu ordered him to sign a document to join APC at the Imo House in Abuja, he informed his people before going public as such, he would consult his people before deciding on whether to leave the APC or not.
Senator Ndume added that he could not speak up immediately after his sack yesterday Thursday because he was mourning the death of a family member.
National Accord Newspaper