Borno South senator Ali Ndume has launched a scanty attack on some of his detractors who call him ignorant, Igbere TV reports.
Ndume said he taught in the polytechnic for 20 years before joining politics.
He spoke on Channels TV’s Politics Today while faulting those against his stance on President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills.
Ndume said people see him as ignorant because he wears Agbada.
The lawmaker said despite schooling in Nigeria and the United States, while two of his daughters are married to Yoruba men, some people still consider him ignorant.
He said: “I’m 65 years old. I schooled in Nigeria and in America. Because I’m wearing Agbada and because I’m from Borno State, some people call me ignorant. I taught in polytechnics for 20 years before I joined politics. I married two of my daughters to Yoruba men.”
On Thursday, there was an uproar and a shouting match on the floor of the Senate over the tax reform bills.
Ndume had kicked against the bills, identifying timing as one of the elements drawing antagonism to the proposed bills.
He said introducing such a bill at the moment was bad timing, noting the current perception of the present administration by the populace.
