Senator Ali Ndume has said President Bola Tinubu has apologised to Nigerians over the country’s challenges and appealed for another opportunity to address them.
Ndume made the statement during an interview from 17:53 on Channels Television on Monday, November 9, 2026, while discussing the president’s response to hunger and poverty in the country.
When asked whether Tinubu was right to blame the opposition for the situation, the senator said the opposition had contributed to the problem but argued that those working with the president also bore significant responsibility. He maintained that the people managing the government alongside Tinubu were a major part of the problem.
Ndume acknowledged that the president was also responsible, but said Tinubu had recognised the difficulties Nigerians were facing and had asked for more time to resolve them.
He said, “I have said it here that the major problem of Nigeria is not Tinubu. It is the people who are managing the government with him.
The president is to blame, but the one who commissions it is the person to blame. And now the president has even apologised and said, give me another chance, I will fix these problems,”
Asked whether the problems had been resolved, Ndume responded that fixing the country’s challenges would take time. He said Tinubu was making efforts to address them and argued that the government should build on existing structures rather than start afresh.
The senator was also asked whether voters in the North would support Tinubu in the next election. He said that decision rested with the people of the region, but expressed his belief that the president would receive support there.
Explaining his position, Ndume referred to the saying that “the devil you know is better than the angel you do not know,” describing the opposition as the unfamiliar alternative in that comparison.
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