Natasha Akpoti insists she’ll return to senate Tuesday

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Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, says she will resume at the national assembly on Tuesday.

Speaking with journalists on Saturday during a training programme in her constituency, Akpoti-Uduaghan said she has written to the senate to formally communicate her intention to return to the red chamber on that date.

“I have pretty much two months more before the six months expire,” Channels TV quoted the Kogi senator as saying.

“However, I have written to the senate again telling them that I’m resuming on the 22nd, which is on Tuesday, by the special grace of God.

“I will be there, because the court did make the decision on that. Now, they argue that it’s an order—it’s not an order, but it is a decision.”

Akpoti-Uduaghan said the suspension has affected her capacity to perform legislative functions.

She said one of the critical responsibilities of a senator is to sponsor bills and motions at the senate, which the suspension has prevented her from doing.

“I did mention that every senator has three major functions—legislative, which is the creation of laws and review of treaties,” she said. Thecable