BORNO South Senator, Ali Ndume, has again thrown jabs at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying that advisers are misleading him to take actions that are increasing hardship in Nigeria.
Stressing that some of the president’s advisers do not mean well for Nigerians, the reason they continue to offer wrong advice to the president, Senator Ndume appealed to President Tinubu to resist these bad advisers determined “to pitch the people against his administration.”
Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), disclosed this in a statement on Friday, urging the president to ignore advice from his aides, especially advice on economic reforms causing high cost of living.
It could be recalled that Ndume was removed as Senate Chief Whip last July for criticising President Tinubu when he alleged that President Tinubu had been “caged” in the Presidential Villa and that some forces are preventing well-meaning people from physically discussing the truth with him that Nigerians are hungry.
For this assertion, Ndume was removed as Senate Chief Whip after a letter from the APC to the Senate requesting his removal.
While he spoke positively on the person of the president in his current statement, he however blamed the his advisers for the economic hardship in the country.
“I personally believe President Bola Ahmed Tinubu means well for Nigeria and Nigerians. I know this because I know what he stands for. But some of his advisers who don’t mean well for the people of this country give him wrong advice,” Ndume said, adding: “I’m appealing to him to resist these bad people who want to pitch the people against his administration.”
Noting that the hardship Nigerians are experiencing is becoming unbearable, Ndume said many families in his state can no longer feed themselves because of the high cost of living and that farmers can no longer go to their farms because of the high cost of transportation.
He added that the increasing hardship has made many people in Borno State to be angry and frustrated.
“The hardship these people are inflicting on Nigerians is becoming unbearable. I’m currently in Borno, and I know what I’m talking about. People are really suffering, hungry, frustrated and angry. In Borno State here, many families can’t even feed anymore.
“The untold hardship of these frequent increases in the prices is unimaginable. Farmers cannot even move their farm products anymore because of the high cost of transportation.
“Those who can still do this add the cost of transportation to the prices of food items they sell, and that’s why many people can’t feed again. People can’t travel anymore. To travel by road from Abuja to Maiduguri, for instance, is a fortune. How many of our people can afford that?” Ndume asks rhetorically.
He therefore called on the president to stay away from some of his advisers because their advice tended to destroy the country.
“I know that President Tinubu means well for Nigerians, and therefore he should not stay back and allow a few bad advisers to destroy this country. That’s why I’m begging him to do something before it is too late. It is not good to test the patience of Nigerians, and that’s exactly what these bad advisers are doing.
“As soon as the President returns to Nigeria, I urge him to look into these issues and address them urgently. The purchasing power of Nigerians is too poor, and they can’t afford the things that are being pushed on them every day by enemies of the state,” he added.
