On Wednesday, the Senate replaced Senator Ali Ndume with Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno as Chief Whip.
News About Nigeria reports that this decision followed a formal letter of complaint from the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which was read aloud by Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio during the plenary session.
The letter outlined the grounds for the replacement, leading to the subsequent appointment of Senator Monguno as the new Chief Whip.
The letter, which was signed by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and the National Secretary of the Party, Senator Surajudeen Bashir, explained that Ali Ndume, in his capacity as Chief Whip, was working to bring down the country through his unguarded utterances.
The letter was referring to his media interview where he alleged that “President Bola Tinubu is working with thieves and has also been caged, such that he didn’t know Nigerians are hungry.”
After the letter was read by Akpabio, he put to voice vote for Monguno to be admitted as the Chief Whip of the Senate.
Ali Ndume, chief whip of the senate, said President Bola Tinubu shut his doors on some of his ministers in an interview with BBC Hausa.
The senator was speaking on the economic hardship and food insecurity in the country.
Ndume said members of the national assembly do not have access to the president on the issues plaguing their constituencies.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) had also dismissed Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume’s recent claims that President Bola Tinubu is “caged” and unaware of the country’s challenges.
