Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is surrounded by incompetent officials who continue to create problems and embarrass his administration.
Ndume made the statement on Wednesday during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time.
The senator was reacting to the discovery of alleged fake government agencies operating within the Presidency, including the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC.
The issue reportedly came to light following findings from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.
Ndume criticised the President for allowing what he described as “kakistocrats” to dominate his administration, arguing that their presence was contributing to poor governance and repeated controversies.
He said, “President Tinubu has too many kakistocrats that dominate the Presidency. Unless he does something about it, they will keep messing him up.
“It is now a known thing that Nigeria has fake agencies that operate with offices. If the President had capable hands, all these mess and embarrassments wouldn’t be happening.”
Ndume further claimed that investigations by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, uncovered additional irregularities, while some permanent secretaries in the Presidency were subsequently suspended.
He questioned the continued absence of what he considered appropriate action from the President.
“And after the ICPC investigated, they discovered even more, and now you have Permanent Secretaries also in the Presidency who had to be suspended. The President is still not taking appropriate action on all these,” he said.
