Senator representing Borno-South at the 10th National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has said 95% of people around President Bola Tinubu are dependents who cannot oppose him.
Ndume, who made this remark during an interview yesterday, said he has met Tinubu only twice since 2023, when the President assumed office.
According to the lawmaker, the problem with Tinubu is the people around him, who “cannot look you in the face and say: Mr. President, this cannot work”.
He added, “The President knows me to some extent. I give it to him, in that he has so much to do. Since 2023, I have met the president only twice. I said it before, that Tinubu’s problem is the people around him. I can tell you authoritatively that 95% of people around Tinubu are his dependents even before he became the president. He was taking care of them; and that is one of the problems of his government. When you have people around you that are your dependents, they cannot look you in the face and say: Mr. President, this cannot work”.
On state police, Ndume has claimed that the number of police officers in the country is far from adequate.
Ndume, who made this known during an interview on Wednesday, while explaining the reasons for supporting the creation of state police in Nigeria, said Nigeria’s total police strength is nothing to write home about. According to the lawmaker, Nigeria needs at least 1 million police officers to serve a population of over 200 million people.
