The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume has condemned the activities and policies implemented by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Ndume in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday said that with the growing hardship, economic instability and insecurity across states in Nigeria, Tinubu would not have been silent if another person were to be the president.
Stating that the president is known as someone who does not hesitate to speak on issues of governance, Ndume said Tinubu would have led a protest if he were not in charge of the government.
“I am a son of nobody who became somebody without knowing anybody.
“Ask the president (Tinubu); I’m not his dependent, I’m his ally. If there’s one thing I like and I copied from Mr. President, you can get somebody to argue on that. If we were to swap positions and I were the president doing the same thing he is doing now, he would have been on the street.
“He has done it before, to protest, even if the government belongs to him. If the wrong thing is happening,” Ndume noted.
He also stated that he would continue to be on the side of truth irrespective of whose ox is gored.
“Even today, somebody from the government is saying, look, why don’t you come over, I will not come over, I am a Senator and under a real democratic setting, the president is supposed to lobby me on issues because he doesn’t have a vote for me, I have a vote for him.
“Whether in the Senate or the general elections. And you know? I strongly believe that this power or this position is God who will take it away from me, not anybody. But there’s a responsibility on me to always speak the truth,” he added.
