Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 presidential election, has described the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, as an enabler of executive recklessness of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led executive.
He made this statement while reacting to the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Senateâs Chief Whip.
Recall that Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South, was sacked on Wednesday, July 17, as the Chief Whip of the Senate following his criticism of Tinubu’s administration.
This came after Ndume claimed Tinubu had been caged and unaware of the hardship and hunger in the country, a remark condemned by some lawmakers.
Following his remark, the ruling APC wrote to the Senate and asked Ndume to resign as a member of the party.
In a swift reaction to the development, Atiku compared Ndume’s case to a similar punishment meted on Senator Abdul Ningi.
In a post shared on his X page on Thursday, July 18, Atiku said Ndumeâs case and similar punishment meted on Senator Ningi for similar actions earlier in the year only point to the fact that âconcerns of the people stand in the nadir of priority list of the legislature.â
Speaking further, Atiku said there is a need for a collective voice of reasoning to impress on the National Assembly to stop and live up to its mandate.
Atiku tweeted:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that the move by the Senate refused to discipline Ali Ndume over his comment against federal lawmaker.
The Senate dismissed the motion to penalise Ndume for calling his colleagues “kleptomaniacs” in an interview, following the decision of some lawmakers.
At the moment, the embattled former chief whip has not reacted to the latest decision against him by Godwin Akpabio’s led Senate.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
