Senator Ali Ndume comments on youth disillusionment with older generation in government

The representative of Borno South Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has shared his thoughts on the performance of Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) during the 2025 general elections.

According to Ndume, the results of the polls showed that the younger generation and the middle class are becoming increasingly tired of the older generation who have been in government for decades.

In an interview with Channels TV, he expressed surprise at the LP’s performance, particularly in Lagos and the South East, and stated that he never expected Peter Obi to get over six million votes.

Ndume, who has been in the National Assembly for 20 years and is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), believes that the signs are clear that the middle-income and youth groups are getting tired of the upper level, the people in their 70s and 80s who have been in power since their 50s.

“Yeah, even in the general elections all over, especially. He (Obi) had six million votes. It goes to tell something that people don’t talk about: and that is to say that the signs are out there that the middle-income group or social group and the youths are getting tired of the — do I wven include myself? — upper level: people in their 70s and 80s who have been in the corridors of power since they were in their 50s.” He said.