2027: “The grumbling in the North will be loud in their votes – Ali Ndume

Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South in the Nigerian Senate has expressed concerns over the state of affairs of the country.

Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time Programme on Wednesday, Ndume said there is a lot of grumbling among political stakeholders in the Northern part of the country.

The lawmaker warned that a lot of individuals seem to be deceiving the president about the true state of affairs and the political tempo in the region.

He said, “Mr President, I think as a politician, as somebody who has gone through it all, is strategising to win the election but not to declare himself as the winner, no, that won’t work.

“Because you only do that when you’re acceptable to the people and there is a resemblance. But in the North, anybody who tells you that the North is not grumbling is not speaking the truth,” Ndume said.

Asked how loud the grumbling in the North is over the current state of affairs in the country, the lawmaker responded, “It will be loud in their votes, if nothing is done about it.”

He added that, it is also possible for the president to reverse the situation on the ground, if he so wishes.

His words, “And the good thing about it is that, the president can turn things around, we understand that there are issues that you raised and you fix those things.

“Number one, you didn’t get this, you got this or number two, what is your problem? The North, the northern elders have been willing, they have been reaching out; I was part of the meeting that we had with Mr President where northern elders went to him and he too was prepared.

According to Ndume, during the meeting with Bola Tinubu, he (the president) brought all the appointees from the North and was able to present to them the critical positions which these appointees were handling.

He also stated that while the meeting was successful, the president promised that he would continue to ensure that the North is not sidelined by improving on what was on the ground.

“And it never happened, and you know what I am suspecting? Like I have said before, the president is not the problem, it is the people around the president who are the problem,” Ndume said