Blitzking: Was akpabio punished when he did same to that Senate president from ilorin.. Was he punished wh3n he gooved severally in the Chambers.
Apabio did not wash the dirty linens of the Senate in public then, he didn't run to Berekete family and social media to play the gender card and make allegations against the house.
He did not sue the Senate President to court on such trivial and clear case of Senate rules matter.
But they have to choose a member to lead as president.
First among equals.
It is therefore an aberration for the senate president to deny Nigerians of their representation at the National Assembly by suspending an elected lawmaker.
You cannot suspend someone you didn’t appoint.
She needs to challenge the legality of any House rules which give “powers” to the senate leadership to remove or suspend a member as a form of discipline.
The Senate can suspend her or anyone who violates the rules in the Senate.
Indabello: Get the full details right before attacking anyone, what akpabio's aide said was a direct attack on Natasha's person.
A DECLARATION that the words, ‘It is bottled anger by the Kogi lawmaker, who knows nothing about legislative rules. She thinks being a lawmaker is all about pancaking her face and wearing transparent outfits to the chambers,’ used and written by the third defendant at the prompting of the first and second defendants, is defamatory and intended to cause public opprobrium and disaffection toward the claimant.”
In addition to seeking a perpetual injunction to prevent the defendants and their associates from making further defamatory statements about her, she also demanded N100 billion in general damages and N300 million for litigation costs.
“An order for the payment of the sum of N100,000,000,000 as general damages. An order for the payment of the sum of N300,000,000 as the cost of action,” her lawsuit stated.
Almost every women pancakes their face so how is that an insult?
If she actually wears transparent clothes to the Senate, then she needs to be reprimanded and keep decorum.
She is obviously a new senator that wasn't schooled on the ethics, activities and conduct in the Senate. I was not surprised to hear she was not enrolled for the training abinitio because she got her mandate late through the courts.
However, this lawsuit is an exercise in futility, it may also turn some of her sympathisers against her in the Senate.
This will further isolate her and make a lot more people avoid her due to her disruptive, dramatic and unruly behavior.
SAMBARRY: when them assault your mama tell am make she rest.you never see ill mannered.you want to continue misbehaving but you're expecting women to be well mannered.you never start
Define assault in the context of Natasha's experience in the house
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kingbee90: Those 27 committee of friends have defected to the APC and lost their seats in the process.
Bulaba and Agbadorians should stop using wike to do their dirty job in Rivers State because Sim Fubara and the good people of Rivers State mount wella.
southernbelle: I follow the programme sometimes, the invitation from the Senate for is something different and the letter was read in the studio even before this Akpabio/Natasha issue (I think he was asked to come by Thursday) so I was really surprised when I started seeing another narrative on X, amplified by that Shehu Sani. I wonder why the Senate or Brekete Family did not release a statement before now. Misinformation is a huge problem in Nigeria and people/institutions concerned should be very active in tackling it.
The letter of summon/hearing was not from the Senate. It was from the House of Representatives.
Ordinary Ahmed and his goons were just misunderstanding the letter. They were even questioning why they should be summoned, even when it was Human Rights Radio/Berekete Family that wrote the petition.
Why can't they be summoned? Why can't ordinary Ahmed be summoned? Is he above the law or what?
I like some of his activities and programs but his lack of information, education, pride and overzealous behavior sometimes hinder him from making the right decisions and intervening objectively.
Jokay07: Yeah. Trump doesn't want "dedollarization" agenda betweenRussia, China and Iran. He has threatened to sanction any country (BRICS) that wants to dump dollars. Trump is dancing to Russia and Putin in turn is dangling Russian resources to Trump. That move between Putin and Trump alone has checkmate China who is pushing Russia to dump dollars. Let's not forget, US and China economic war. Trump is a business man. The scoreboard now is 1:0.
Donald Trump has been of this disposition to Russia and Putin since his first tenure as President of 🇺🇸USA.
I honestly think what he wants from Putin and Russia is primarily in his and business interest; not necessarily in the internet of USA.
He is so unlike a bully that he is with Putin and that tells me that it is personal interest.
Kelklein: The Nigerian Senate and House of Rep is run like a cult..
What happened during the week was Natasha releasing pent up anger that has built up over time.
The leadership bully the rest of the members and expect them to keep quiet.. most do. Do you see how House members are addressed by the leadership.. bullying!!
Juicy positions are taken from people that are perceived as too loud and disloyal and given to cronies as favor.. rights and privileges are unduly denied to members and they are expected to keep numb
Natasha simply said enough was enough.
She said enough is enough by being unruly and disruptive?
There are other ways to challenge the leadership of the senate, you challenge them in accordance with the law and house rules; not by being disrespectful, disruptive and unruly.
That is enough reason to even sanction her in the house.
emkz: After seeing the video exchange, it was clear that Mrs Natasha Uduaghan was at fault.
They re-allocated her seat based on defections from LP and PDP. Why couldn't she just obey the re-allocation?
The rules were read, and she was told she couldn't be recognized where she sat.
The part Akpabio messed up was instructing the sergeant at arms to throw her out. He had no right to do that. Then began the accusations that Akpabio had been trying to silence her and she'd be a voice of the Nigerian women. Nigerian women do not conduct themselves like classless people.
Both Akpabio and Natasha messed up.
A general advise to the women in the senate. We have heard cases of some of you slapping colleagues, threatening ministers and acting as if you are over-compensating as though you deserve to be there. You do not need all these. Focus on the job and conduct yourselves with maturity. How come we do not hear of such controversies in the lower chamber? The woman who fought during Patricia Etteh's time: what ever became of her?
We were here when a woman almost fraudulently got herself announced as the winner of an election. Your presence in politics should be a breath of fresh air as women of yore: Queen Amina of Zaria, Moremi, Margaret Ekpo, Dora Akunyili, and so many others who distinguished themselves.
As for Akpabio, it is time you start conducting yourself decently around women. As Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Joy Nunieh said in an interview with Arise News that she deposited a dirty slap on your cheek when you made passes at her. They also accused you of being around the girl who did a cookathon. Now Natasha is making silly comments that would make them beam a searchlight on you. Perhaps, have like three matured senators who you can lean on to guide you when matters like this come up. The best thing could have been to ignore Natasha. That way, she'd lose credibility to get sympathy.
I think Apabio, as Senate President, has a right to ask the sergeant at arms and chief whip to remove her from the chamber because of her disruptive and unruly behavior.
They have other businesses to treat and she can't continue to constitute nuisance in the Senate.
Macphenson: Obviously you have not been to market before that why you are talking about warehouses. Do u even know how massive that market is? Do you know how many sections in that market? Its just like shuttong zdown the entire Lagos Island market because of a chemist shop in CMS. Thats absolute madness.
Tomorrow if they kill somebody and while you are passing on the syreet ignorantly, the police arrests you, you will start crying for justice.
By the way, where dis NAFDAC get the power to ahut down a whole market? Shouldnt the agency have gotten a court order?
Maybe you should read the act that established NAFDAC so you can understand the extent of their power.
As for the market, it should remain shut until the Unions or Market Leadership commit to report and cooperate with the NAFDAC and security authorities on the activities of producers and sellers of fake drinks, drugs and consumables in the market.
gidgiddy: It is pure stupidity to shut down a whole market because you discovered that a few traders were selling fake items. That amounts to throwing the baby out with the bath water
What you do is shut the shops found to be selling fake items, not the entire market. Why punish everyone because of the actions of a few?
It's pure stupidity
It takes sensible people to understand the actions of NAFDAC, It is beyond your reasoning so we can see who us stupid.
Macphenson: Have u been to ogbo ogwu market before? There is a building materials market inside there, there are other smaller businesses? You can shut down people selling building materials because of drugs people. There is what is called intelligence in every operation and obviously this lacks none.
Shutting down other busineeses who dont even know what is happening is criminal in itself on the part of NAFDAC. Where did NAFDAC get the power to close down building materials market?
You people should stop fooling yourselves. NAFDAC should apply intelligence in its operations as obviously it is lacking. Shut down only the shops that are perpetrators not innocent businesses.
Thia is akin to the nonsense the poluxe does anytime somebody is killed, they start mass raiding arresting innocent people.
For me, NAFDAC has every right to shut down that market given that almost all the warehouse in the market are stocked with fake drugs.
The other shops not involved in drugs sales can be used as front and courier to ship out or trade illicit drugs so shut down the the whole market to distort and destroy the network and expired or fake drugs and serve as deterrent to the traders in the market from encouraging such trade in the market
ubmoney247: It is so unpatriotic to say you are giving women 30% but takes away their 99% of their freedom and liberty. So sad that so men are not what they should be.
Why bring gender issues into the matter? Is she the only woman in the Senate?
Why are other women not complaining of ill treatment in the Senate?
Natasha is unruly, disrespectful and disruptive. She deserves every treatment she is getting until she gets schooled on behavioural ethics and conduct expected of esteemed senators.
I am not a fan of Apabio but on this issue of Natasha, I find no fault in his conduct.
Why is Natasha and you guys trying to play the gender card when she is the problematic and rebellious person in the matter?
alizma: She is not like any other senator on the floor, browse on projects carried out by the lady so far and I believe next time her name comes your way, you will accord her the respect due to her. She had been serving her people before she became senator and unlike other politicians, she has not changed. Her father did same in his capacity as a doctor.
What respect?
She is unruly and disrespectful. She lacks manners and decorum
Stanbaba30: Yeyè dey smell..! No be your fault sha. It’s your type that suffers glaringly and yet support nonsense . What you fail to understand is that as a leader, you are automatically a servant. Who wan call you sef? If you be Senate leader, you no go come down one day? You no go still answer ya phone? Taaaa, my friend keep quiet there.
Apabio is right to have ignored the phone call. It was beyond Ahmed Issah to try engage the both of them on National TV.
Jekinson: I was shocked to hear the way kanu spoke to justice Nyako last week in the court. He spoke to her in the most Despicable Manner ever. I felt so embarrassed
Honestly, she should have sentenced him to prison for at least 6 months for his conduct in her court and disrespectful behavior for the court and her lordship.
He should serve this sentence separately from the potential sentence for the trial he has in court. It must not be concurrent.
Disagreeing with an opinion does not amount to disparaging it you disingenuous nitwit. But then, clearly, I never commented on the substance of his opinion. If anything, I actually agreed with a statement he made - being "I don't see how this pertains to anything"
I then pointed out to him that he can't possibly see it because he doesn't share the lens through which those who see things in that way perceive the world.
I wouldn't have thought it was such a difficult point to grasp, but here we are.
So yes, unfortunately, you are quite a dunce.
Go and read his comment again and read your response, maybe you will then understand that you are being a religious bigot.
1. a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions: Which religious opinion did I express(you called me a religious bigot)?
2. a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted: How would I have supposedly shown an obstinate or intolerant devotion to such opinion (assuming I expressed one)?
3. and prejudices: what prejudice did I show?
Do you know the meaning of these words?
When you said this to him:
"Is it not then obvious that you can't possibly understand the context of this discussion, which pertains to Christian values?"
Because he said he is an atheist and found nothing wrong with what Jerry Eze wore in comparison to David Oyedepo's outfit.
You despised his opinion because he is an atheist. You disparaged his opinion on the outfits because you believe he is not Christian so wouldn't appreciate the discus.
You are a Christian bigot. Your devotion to Christianity makes you look down on an atheist opinion.
So tell me who the dunce could be between you and I?