Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, has claimed that the leadership positions in the 10th national assembly are being “bought”.
Speaking on Sunday in an interview with Channels Television, Ndume said the Nigerian democratic system is being taken over by those who have the financial resources to buy leadership positions.
Commenting on the situation, Ndume said the leadership positions of the senate should be open for contest, adding that it’s not fair for the senate president to come from the north-east zone.“For me, the leadership of the national assembly should be open in the first instance. The senate president is not supposed to be a regional president, it is a senate president of the Nigerian senate,” he said.
Ndume alleged that leadership positions in the country belong to the “kleptocrats and plutocrats” while calling for the investigation and prosecution of politicians with unexplained wealth.“In lawmaking, there is no library for you to refer to. There is no handover note. That means we are starting from scratch,” he added.
“It is like Nigerian politics has turned into what is called turn-by-turn. It is a bad precedent. I see people coming to the national assembly with nothing and suddenly because they spent years in the national assembly they become rich. Something is wrong. You see civil servants living in the house worth billions. Nobody asks questions.
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