President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has stripped embattled Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the chairmanship of the committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
Akpabio during Senate plenary on Thursday revealed that the position has been given to Senator Aniekan Bassey.
It’s the second time Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan would be losing her chairmanship position.
She was earlier in the year removed as the chair of the committee on Local Content and reassigned to Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Akpabio did not state reasons for removing the embattled Kogi central senator, but it was not unconnected to her clash with Akpabio, which earned her a six-month suspension.
However, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, in late June, ordered the Senate to recall, while the judge also ordered Natasha to tender a public apology.
Justice Nyako held that the six-month suspension slammed on her by the Senate was excessive. She however fined the suspended senator five million naira for contempt of court.
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