Senate removes Natasha as diaspora committee chairman
The Senate has removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations, replacing her with Senator Aniekan Bassey, representing Akwa Ibom North-East under the APC.
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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.
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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.
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