Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has said that President Bola Tinubu is unaware of the hunger and anger being experienced by Nigerians.

Speaking to the press at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Wednesday, Ndume stated that President Tinubu has been isolated in the Presidential Villa and shielded from the truth.

He said that Tinubu is being kept away from people who could provide him with honest feedback.

Senator Ndume urged the federal government to address the hunger problem in the country before facing the citizens’ wrath.

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the lawmaker co-sponsored a motion moved by Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services, Senator Sunday Karimi, titled, “Urgent need to address food insecurity and market exploitation of consumables in Nigeria.”

Ndume empahasised that insecurity has become a major challenge in the country, posing a significant threat to food security.

“Mr President is not in the picture of what is happening outside the villa. He has been fenced off and caged. So many of us won’t go through the backdoor to engage him.

“Now, they have stopped him from talking and he doesn’t have any public affairs managers, except for his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who writes press statements.

“Nigerians are getting very, very angry. The government is not doing anything about the food scarcity and it needs to do something urgently. We don’t have a food reserve.

“There is unavailability of food. Food crisis is the worst crisis that any nation can encounter. If we add that to the security crisis, it will be severe,” Ndume said.