JUST IN: Ndume rejects new office allocation by Senate

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume today, Tuesday, July 30, rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee.

Ndume in a letter to the chairman of the Committee, Senator Sunday Karimi (APC – Kogi West), said the office which is located on the third floor of the Senate New Building is not befitting for him as one of the most ranking members in the 10th Senate, reports The Nation.

He said according to Senate Standing Orders, he deserves to be allocated an office on the fourth floor like his ranking counterparts.

Ndume’s letter dated Tuesday, 30th July 2024 and titled: “Re: Office Allocation” was signed by his Chief Confidential Secretary, Yati Shuaibu Gawu.

The letter reads in part:

“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.

“Sen Ndume is the most Senior Senator after Sen Ahmad Lawan and will only occupy an office on the fourth floor.”

Ndume was recently stripped of his position as the Majority Whip of the Senate by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress over his comments in a media interview considered by the party as detrimental to its fortune and that of the present administration.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, had also relived Ndume of his vice chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Appropriation.

Ndume has however rejected his appointment as the new Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism.