FORMER Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has rejected the new office allocated to him by the Senate Service Committee.
The Borno South Senatorial District representative in the National Assembly said the new office does not reflect his seniority and position as a ranking senator.
The lawmaker’s decision was disclosed in a letter signed by his Chief Confidential Secretary, Yati Shuaibu Gawu.
The letter reads: “I am directed to inform you that Distinguished Senator Mohammed All Ndume has rejected the allocation of office number 3.10 by the Committee.
“This is because offices are traditionally allocated on a seniority basis.
“Senator Ndume is the most senior senator after Senator Ahmad Lawan and will only occupy an office on the fourth floor.”
This is coming after Senator Ndume was stripped of his position as the Senate Chief Whip.
The Senate took the decision after Ndume criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, alleging that the government was being run by kleptocrats who were only interested in looting the treasury.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), the political party upon which he was elected into the Senate, thereafter wrote to the leadership of the Senate asking that he be stripped of his position.
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