Ali Ndume, the Senator representing Borno South Senatorial, has described the planned relocation of certain departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria from Abuja to Lagos as a wrong decision.
The lawmaker said some “Lagos Boys” in the corridor of power are misinforming and misleading President Bola Tinubu.
During an interview on Tuesday , January 23, 2024, Ali Ndume said the president decision to relocate the CBN and FAAN department to Lagos would have political consequences.
“All these Lagos boys who are thinking that Lagos is Nigeria are just misinforming and advising the President wrongly.
“Those political cartels that are in the corridors of power are trying to misinform the President and we will tell the President. The President will take action.
“They are not doing any favour to my President because this will have political consequences,” Ndume said.
“We only have one Federal Capital and that is Abuja.
“The regulators of the financial institutions are supposed to be or are in Abuja. Do you want them to move back because you say Lagos is the commercial capital?
This is one of the mistakes and I’m sure Mr President will reverse it because it doesn’t work. You can’t have two capitals,” the senator said.
“Is the CBN governor going to be operating from Lagos? Or do you now say that because the majority of our oil is extracted from South-South, you take NNPC to South-South?
“Or is it because Nigeria’s agriculture is more in the North, you take Ministry of Agric to anywhere in the North? It doesn’t work that way.”
“I’m very sure and confident that Mr. President will look at this situation because he is a nationalist and not just a Lagos man.” the lawmaker added.
While questioning the president’s decision, Ndume hoped Tinubu would reverse the decision, saying the president is a nationalist, not a Lagos man.
