Southern Borno Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume yesterday rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee.
In a letter to the chairman of the committee, Senator Sunday Karimi (APC, Kogi West), Ndume 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.
Alluding to the Senate Standing Orders, Ndume said he deserved to be allocated an office on the fourth floor, like his ranking counterparts.
His letter, dated Tuesday, July 30, 2024 and titled: “Re: Office Allocation,” was signed by his Chief Confidential Secretary, Yati Shuaibu Gawu.
Read Also: Law compels all employers to pay N70,000 minimum wage
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 seniority basis.
“Senator Ndume is the most Senior Senator after Senator 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 (APC), following his comments in an interview, which the party’s leadership considered as detrimental to his fortune and that of the present administration.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio had also relieved Ndume of his vice chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Appropriation.
The Borno South senator has rejected his appointment as the new Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism.