BREAKING: Senate Sacks Ndume As Chief Whip, Asks Him To Resign From APC

The resolution changed into supported by individuals of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate Caucus by a affirm vote led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio in the middle of the plenary session on Wednesday. 

Senator Mohamed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has been eliminated as Chief Whip by the Senate. 

The resolution changed into supported by individuals of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate Caucus by a affirm vote led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio in the middle of the plenary session on Wednesday. 

Tahir Mungono (Borno North) has been appointed as Ndume’s replacement. 

This transfer follows Ndume’s latest criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. 

In response, the APC’s national management, represented by national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje and Secretary, Ajibola Bashiru, told Ndume in a letter addressed to the Senate Caucus to resign from the APC and join any opposition occasion of his different. 

SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Senator Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, issued a scathing indictment of the Nigerian authorities, characterising it as a “kakistocracy”, a machine where essentially the most incompetent, circulate, and unscrupulous contributors occupy sway, and decrying the reign of ineptitude and malfeasance in the country’s management.

Ndume in the middle of an interview with Come up TV programme on Friday, said the country is being led by those that are unfit to govern, prioritising interior most pursuits over the successfully-being of the nation and its citizens. 

This harsh evaluate highlights the deep-seated points and challenges facing Nigeria’s political landscape.

He said the “authorities is occurring,” alongside side that it is “bustle by kakistocrats”.

“The authorities is additionally populated by kleptocrats, however sadly that is now not what the president is up to; he truly meant renewed hope, however you can handiest build that when you hold got of us around you that are on the identical invent of contemplating,” he said.

Ndume expressed dispute over latest authorities policies, equivalent to the cybercrime levy, which confronted public opposition. 

Ndume had additionally criticised the restricted gain admission to to the president, stating that some ministers handiest meet the president in the middle of council meetings and that the president is on occasion the first to drag away. 

“I’m the chief whip, and if the chief whip can’t hold gain admission to to the president, the original senators won’t hold gain admission to either,” he said.

Ndume had emphasised the need for the president to tap into Nigeria’s property and surround himself with competent contributors, urging him to appoint democrats to key positions and verify a extra inclusive and efficient governance. 
 

He wired that this may maybe allow the president to harness the country’s doable and handle urgent challenges.

“The president wishes of us that may maybe realise his dream and recount him when something is unsuitable,” he said.