Ali Ndume, senator representing
Borno south, says the upper legislative chamber has failed in its
responsibility to Nigerians.
Speaking during a NAN forum on
Sunday in Abuja, Ndume blamed this on the leadership of Senate President Bukola
Saraki.
He also said Saraki could not be
in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and still be the head of the senate.
Ndume said as minority leader in
the house of representatives, when he defected to PDP from the All Nigeria
Peoples Party (ANPP), he resigned from the position willingly.
Saraki dumped the All
Progressives Congress (APC) for the opposition party in July but retained his
position as senate president despite calls for him to relinquish the seat.
He asked the number three citizen
to call for a vote of confidence from his colleagues to defend his position.
“I think that is the only thing
he can do may be; he did that before, let him try it; let him call for vote of
confidence from us, his colleagues,” Ndume said.
“I assure you that he will not
get the majority. I am still thinking and hoping that Saraki will do the right
thing and the right thing is for him to relinquish that position for the
majority to preside.
“I really want to admit that we
have failed in our responsibility to the people somehow, but we the members are
not responsible for that.
“It is more of the responsibility
of the leadership that shut down the Senate abruptly because of personal
issues.
“It is very unfortunate. The
senate is the Nigerian senate, it is not the senator’s Senate; it is not
Saraki’s senate.”
Ndume also accused Saraki and
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, of “privatising” the
national assembly.
“It is more of the responsibility
of the leadership that shut down the Senate abruptly because of personal
issues,” he said.
“It is very unfortunate. The Senate
is the Nigerian Senate, it is not the senator’s Senate; it is not Saraki’s
senate.
“They have privatised and
personalised the institution, and the reason we were elected to be there, had
been relegated to the background.”
In March 2017, Ndume was suspended
for “embarrassing” Saraki and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west.
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