Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied allegations by lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that she was treated as a slave at the red chamber.
DAILY POST recalls that the embattled lawmaker on Tuesday accused Akpabio of treating her like a slave and his domestic servant while discharging her dutu at the upper legislative chamber.
Natasha made the fresh allegation while addressing journalists after resuming her office at the National Assembly complex.
However, clearing the air, Akpabio through his media aide, Kenny Okolugbo, described the claim as untrue.
Okolugbo, who spoke on Channels TV, listed some privileges enjoyed by the female lawmaker since she was inaugurated in November 2023.
According to him, “Senator Natasha was inaugurated on the 2nd of November 2023, by the 20th of November she was already made chairman committee on local contents.
“By January 2024, she was already a member of the International Public Parliamentary Union, she was made a member of ECOWAS, she had submitted three bills and interestingly, while she was in suspension, her bill on Federal Medical Center in Kogi State was passed into law.
“How many senators have bills that have been passed into law? So how would she now say that she was being treated as a slave?”
