Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 presidential election, has described the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, as an enabler of executive recklessness of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led executive….CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>

He made this statement while reacting to the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Senate’s Chief Whip.

Recall that Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South, was sacked on Wednesday, July 17, as the Chief Whip of the Senate following his criticism of Tinubu’s administration.

This came after Ndume claimed Tinubu had been caged and unaware of the hardship and hunger in the country, a remark condemned by some lawmakers.

Following his remark, the ruling APC wrote to the Senate and asked Ndume to resign as a member of the party.

In a swift reaction to the development, Atiku compared Ndume’s case to a similar punishment meted on Senator Abdul Ningi.

In a post shared on his X page on Thursday, July 18, Atiku said Ndume’s case and similar punishment meted on Senator Ningi for similar actions earlier in the year only point to the fact that “concerns of the people stand in the nadir of priority list of the legislature.”

Speaking further, Atiku said there is a need for a collective voice of reasoning to impress on the National Assembly to stop and live up to its mandate.

Atiku tweeted:

“Regrettably, however, the democracy in Nigeria in the current administration of President Bola Tinubu has become an anathema to that general principle of democracy as providing primary protection for the people against executive excesses.

“This ugly tendency is being manifested by the steady posturing of our National Assembly, especially the Senate, of taking a reverse course in its core function and becoming a puppet in the hands of the President.
“It is uncharitable that whenever members of the Senate stand on the floor of the red chamber to perform their statutory duty of calling the executive to order, they are immediately reprimanded for so doing.”

In the evolution of systems of government, a major concern for thinkers was a governmental framework that will reduce the highhandedness of the executive arm of government.

It was thought, and rightly so too, that a participatory approach to governance, such that will make the…

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) July 18, 2024

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