{"id":113429,"date":"2024-07-25T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113429"},"modified":"2024-07-25T17:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:04:02","slug":"borno-indigenes-protest-seek-ndumes-reinstatement-as-chief-whip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/borno-indigenes-protest-seek-ndumes-reinstatement-as-chief-whip\/","title":{"rendered":"Borno indigenes protest, seek Ndume\u2019s reinstatement as Chief Whip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1805486690610786863\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indigenes of Borno State in their numbers on Wednesday stormed the Unity Fountain, Abuja protesting against the removal of Senator Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) as Senate Chief Whip by the Senate.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe aggrieved protesters carried placards with various inscriptions like, \u201cWe reject removal of Senator Ndume as Whip of the Senate; \u201cNdume\u2019s utterances are for the good of the country; \u201cSenate should correct injustice meted to Senator Ndume\u201d amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate had last week Tuesday on the strength of a request from the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress through a jointly signed letter by the National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, and Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, removed Ndume as Whip and replaced him with Senator Mohammed Monguno (APC Borno North).<\/p>\n<p>Expressing their displeasure over the Senate\u2019s action, the Borno group under the aegis of the Southern Borno Development Association led by one Muhammad Biu, said the injustice meted out to Ndume must be redress.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the group in a letter titled: \u201cAppeal over the removal of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume as Senate Whip for expressing views on burning National Issues,\u201d read to journalists, called for reversal of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, reads in part, \u201cOn behalf of the good people of Southern Borno Senatorial District of Borno State, we humbly wish to appeal to the Distinguished Senate under your able leadership to passionately reconsider the APC Senate Caucus decision that removed Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume as the Senate Chief Whip and also Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation based on the letter written to the Senate by the National Chairman of All Progressive Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state with the deepest sense of responsibility that Senator Ndume\u2019s comments on the food insecurity issue appear to have been misunderstood as they were not intended to disparage the administration of President Bola Tinubu. On the contrary, it should be understood in the context of our collective effort to find solutions to our current food insecurity which the Government is fully aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added, \u201cIt is a well-known fact that Nigeria is currently facing a severe food crisis, with widespread hunger threatening the well-being of Nigerians. Senator Ndume, driven by a sense of responsibility and patriotism only called the attention of government to these pressing issues, hoping that prompt and effective action would be taken to address them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also on record that other prominent APC Senators had expressed similar views on the floor of the Senate and equally called on President Tinubu to take urgent measures to avert the seeming imminent food crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also on record that Sen Ndume is a dedicated APC member who laboured tirelessly from its formative stage to its present position and has never done anything that undermined the success of the party or its leadership, but rather offered constructive advice on good governance for the wellbeing of Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter further noted, \u201cThe Senate could have done better by deploying its internal democratic mechanism of resolving issues affecting its members. We pray that the Senate will not throw away the bath water with the baby over an issue that could amicably be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of these facts and the need to give our Senatorial District its due position in the leadership of the Senate, we humbly appeal to the Senate to reconsider its position on the measures taken against Senator Ndume in the interest of fairness, justice, and equity and reinstate him accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, we urge President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR, the leader of our great party, a true democrat who upholds the tenets of democracy to passionately intervene.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indigenes of Borno State in their numbers on Wednesday stormed the Unity Fountain, Abuja protesting against the removal of Senator Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) as Senate Chief Whip by&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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