Tinubu:NDUME’s 20 years in Senate has not helped Borno, North- North-East Group

Tinubu: NDUME’s 20 years in Senate has not helped Borno, North- North-East  Group

The Coalition of North-East  Elders  Forum (CNEF) said the Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District and the Chief Whip of the 10th  Senate, Senator Ali Ndume's twenty years in the National Assembly has neither helped Borno State nor the northern region that has been bedevilled with incessant attacks by insurgents and bandits.

The group, which took a swipe at the lawmaker, over his recent outburst about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu 's administration, asked why a lawmaker who has not been able to use his position as ranking officer in the Senate to tackle the security challenges in his state and region have the moral right to question the leadership prowess of the President.

Senator  Ndume did attack the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying it’s run by kakistocrats—those deemed the least qualified and most unscrupulous citizens—and kleptocrats, who are merely in power to steal.

But in a reaction to the outburst,the group in a Press Statement signed by the Coordinator, Alhaji Ali Ibrahim Sheriff , said it is overtly shocking  that Senator Ali Ndume who has been in various committees in the Senate over the past two decades and from a State worst in terms of insecurity could be so insensitive and trivial to personalize issues of governance.

The statement further reads: "During the days of President Buhari, why did he choose to be silent in the midst of heightened problems of insecurity; pervasive hunger, looting of public funds and bad Governance? 

"He must account for total sum of money recieved for Constituency projects and intervention funds allocated for  members of his Constituency over the twenty years period in the National Assembly. 

" If leadership is as easy as that ,we make bold to ask, all these years, how many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has he trained; educated and empowered with funds allocated to him?

"Ndume is nothing but a liability and  economic burden to the good people of Borno State and entire country."

The group which called on northerners to shun what it termed , "Ndume divisive vituperations" ,vowed to mobilise  citizens of his Constituency in Borno State to stop his re-election bid  in 2027.