A member of the National
Assembly, Sen. Ali Ndume, has dismissed the presidential ambition of the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, describing it as ‘a pipe dream.’
He also called the former Kwara
governor a saboteur, who has been working against the executive arm of the
government.
Ndume, an APC senator
representing Borno South, told NAN on Monday, that the Senate President could
only win election in his home State of Kwara, adding that Nigerians would
reject him at the polls if he got that far.
“I think it is good he is going
for the presidency of Nigeria and he will see that it is only Kwara people that
will vote for him, not Nigerians.
“When somebody cannot manage the
Senate, how can he manage Nigeria?
“When you present President
Buhari and Saraki for people to choose from, you know it is very clear. The
difference is very clear.”
“Since his declaration for the
presidential race, Saraki has said at different fora that the country was in
dire need of a leader like him with the “demonstrable capacity to unite the
nation”.
But Ndume said he could not be
trusted with the country’s leadership, having used his position as senate
president to “antagonise and sabotage” the current government.
“Where we got it wrong was where
Senate President Saraki thought that the Senate is independent.
“The truth is that the
legislature is not independent to the extent of operating like a different
country.
“In America, the Vice President
is the Senate President. Is the Vice President not a subordinate to the
president?
“The senate is supposed to
support the government, not to sabotage the government, not to antagonise the
government.”
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