Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume, has issued a strong warning to President Bola Tinubu about the people surrounding him.

Ndume said: “My concern remains that the President has so many kakistocrats dominating the presidency. Unless he does something about it, they will continue to mess him up.”

“We had a fake agency operating with an office, and after the ICPC investigated, they discovered even more. A permanent secretary in the presidency had to be suspended.”

“That is where I give the President credit, but I insist that if he had capable hands, all this mess and embarrassment wouldn’t be happening. He is still not taking the appropriate action on it.”

“People put up the presidential campaign committee. If I had the ear of Mr President, there was no need for a presidential campaign committee.”

“The President is the product of the party. The owner of a product should be the one selling the product, not the product selling itself. He shouldn’t be on it; it should be the National Chairman of the party.”

“From what happened, you can see that even the President was not fully aware. Why would there be complaints?”

“I know the man. But why am I worried? It’s not about my party; it’s about politics in Nigeria.”

“The President himself acknowledged that there is hardship as a result of the policies, but promised Nigerians that there will be light at the end of the tunnel.”

“We are saying that the staff or people he has around him are the major problem. Instead of talking about ideas and events, they have small minds and talk about people.”

“When anybody makes a statement, the President’s spokespersons rush on TV to insult the person and call them names. That is not it. You take the points that person made about the system one after the other.”