The Senate has removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from her role as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non‑Governmental Organisations, appointing Senator Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North‑East, APC) as her successor.
As court convicts Natasha, validate Senate’s power to suspend erring members, By Ken Harries Esq
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the development at Thursday’s plenary.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was suspended for six months in March for disorderly conduct during Senate proceedings, had already seen two committee reassignments.
Both happened earlier this year.
Initially removed from the powerful Local Content Committee in February, she was reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs committee shortly afterwards.
Although a Federal High Court later deemed the six-month suspension excessive and ordered her reinstatement, the certified copy of the court judgment had yet to be issued, resulting in the continued uncertainty surrounding her supposed resumption. [Politics Nigeria]
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