The media office of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has pushed back against allegations of mistreatment from Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, pointing to her legislative accomplishments as evidence of proper recognition during her tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a television appearance Wednesday, media aide Kenny Okolugbo described as “untrue” the senator’s characterization of her treatment as being akin to a “domestic servant” following her return to the Senate after a six-month suspension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The suspension followed all Senate rules and regulations,” Okolugbo stated, noting it came after the Ethics Committee found her conduct “despicable.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He clarified that her attempted July return was premature since the court ruling “did not order her reinstatement” but merely opined the suspension duration was excessive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Countering the narrative of poor treatment, Okolugbo detailed the senator’s rapid integration into the Senate after her November 2023 inauguration, including chairmanship of the Local Contents Committee and membership in international parliamentary bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most notably, he revealed that “one of Natasha’s bills, concerning the Federal Medical Centre in Kogi State, was passed into law while she was still under suspension.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“How many senators have bills that have been passed into law? So how would she now say that she was being treated as a slave?” Okolugbo questioned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The media office of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has pushed back against allegations of mistreatment from Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, pointing to her legislative accomplishments as evidence of proper recognition during her tenure. In a television appearance Wednesday, media aide Kenny Okolugbo described as “untrue” the senator’s characterization of her treatment as being akin to a “domestic servant” following her return to the Senate after a six-month suspension. “The suspension followed all Senate rules and regulations,” Okolugbo stated, noting it came after the Ethics Committee found her conduct “despicable.” He clarified that her attempted July return was premature since the court ruling “did not order her reinstatement” but merely opined the suspension duration was excessive. Countering the narrative of poor treatment, Okolugbo detailed the senator’s rapid integration into the Senate after her November 2023 inauguration, including chairmanship of the Local Contents Committee and membership in international parliamentary bodies. Most notably, he revealed that “one of Natasha’s bills, concerning the Federal Medical Centre in Kogi State, was passed into law while she was still under suspension.” “How many senators have bills that have been passed into law? So how would she now say that she was being treated as a slave?” Okolugbo questioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parliamentary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27080,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions\/27080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}