Ali Ndume, senator
representing Borno south, says he stands by his statement on alleged fraud in
the palliative programme for citizens to cushion the effects of the coronavirus
pandemic.
On Thursday, Ndume
asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the committee in charge of relief
to the poor over alleged fraud.
But in a statement
on Friday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said it is disappointing of the
politician to call out “unnamed individuals in the administration and accuse
them of unknown transgression”.
The presidential
spokesman asked the senator to provide proof to back his claims, describing him
as a “discontented politician”.
Speaking with
Tribune newspaper, Ndume said he is not ready to join issues with anybody as he
has made his position known on the matter.
“I’m not ready to
join issues with anybody on palliatives distribution having made my
observations known based on information I got from the grassroots as a
grassroots person,” the senator was quoted to have said.
“I’ve made my
position known on the programme and I stand by it.”
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