The Senate replaced its Majority Chief Whip Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South) with Mohammed Monguno (Borno North).
Ndume was reassigned as chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism.
The decisions were announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Ndume’s removal and reassignment came shortly after the All-Progressives Congress (APC) called on him to quit as its member.
Also affected by the reshuffle is Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire, who takes over from Monguno as Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters chairman
Adegbonmire is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Ned Nwoko was named chairman of the proposed Reparation and Repatriation Committee while Abdul Ningi was returned to his earlier position as chairman of the Population Committee.
Akpabio said: “With the elevation of Distinguished Senator Tahir Monguno to the position of the Majority Whip of the Senate, his committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters will now go to the only Senior Advocate of Nigeria that we have in the 10th Senate.
“Senator Adegbonmire Adeniyi (SAN) now becomes the Senate chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.
“The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism becomes Senator Muhammad Ali Ndume.
“The Chairman of the Senate committee on the proposed Reparation and Repatriation becomes Senator Ned Nwoko.
“The deputy chairman, the Senate Committee on Appropriation in line with our earlier practice lies with Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno in addition to being the Chief Whip of the Senate.
“In line with the spirit of togetherness and forgiveness, Senator Abdul Ningi retains his earlier position of Senate Committee Chairman on Population.
“The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agri-Institutions, becomes Senator, Simon Lalong.
“Senator Saliu Mustafa becomes the chairman of Senate Committee on Livestock Development, a new ministry just created.
The APC letter titled “Complaints against the unbecoming utterances of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume reads: “We writing on behalf of the National Working Committee of our great party to express our displeasure, our outrage, and our disappointment at the unbecoming, unfounded, and baseless criticism of the government and the party, the APC, by your Majority Whip of the Senate, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume.
As a member of the ruling party, we expected much more responsible and decorous behaviour from him but this has not been the case.
“His uncouth and rabid outburst against the government before the international community and before the global community is not only harmful to the government’s image alone but also undermines the party’s unity and cohesion.
“In addition, it undermines the government’s efforts to bring in foreign direct investments to Nigeria. As a ranking member of our party, his actions are unbecoming of a senior member of the Senate and set a very poor example for others in the future to follow.
“His latest tirade on air where he referred to the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as being run by thieves portrays Ali Ndume as a person who is bent on running the country down and running the party aground through incitement and cheap propaganda.
“We are of the view that Senator Ali Ndume should honourably resign his membership of the APC and join any opposition party of his choice formally, instead of hiding behind the veil of crass activism to decimate the hard-earned cohesion and goodwill that our party, the APC, is enjoying within and outside the country.
His utterances which are sheer propaganda and not based on verifiable facts, are unbecoming of a member of the APC caucus in the Senate of the National Assembly.
“It, therefore, behooves on the APC caucus to bring this to the attention of its members for necessary action to curtail his deliberate mission to undermine the government and the party and the progress of Nigeria, particularly those appointed by Mr. President to work in his administration.
“We therefore urge the Senate caucus to take appropriate steps to address this issue and ensure that members of the Senate particularly those within the All Progressives Congress will maintain decorum in their public utterances accordingly.
Ndume, a few days ago, also alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had made himself incommunicado, accusing him of being hold up in Aso Villa without access to senior members of the government.
Efforts to get Sen. Ndume’s reaction did not yield fruit.
He was neither at plenary nor in his office yesterday.
Calls made to his know telephone numbers did not connect, an indication that the phones were likely switched off.
