call Natasha suspension silly, callous
By Henry Ovie
Niger Delta women on Wednesday decried human rights abuses and disrespect for women in the country.
They also called the suspension of the Senator Representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan ‘’silly and callous’’.
The group said: “This is the height of wickedness. We cannot agree with the Senate Ethics Committee.”
The women in a statement in Calabar denounced the Senate leadership and demanded that the suspension of Akpoti-Uduaghan be lifted immediately.
“The presiding officer is difficult and dictatorial. He is well known for his contemptuous, dismissive and sarcastic ways. His leadership style is causing dissention and distress,” the women group stated.
The statement issued in Calabar by the Chairperson of Niger Delta Women Forum (NDWF), Mrs. Comfort Bassey accused the Senate President of undermining family ties and resisting the voice of honour and reas
Again, the women said to the Senate leadership: “We conjure you to look into your heart and to hearken to the secret voice of conscience, ” while commending Akpoti-Uduaghan for taking significant steps to improve the quality of life for the people of Kogi Central.
The group also emphasized that Senator Natasha’s courage is an inspiration to them accused some male political office holders of abusing the human rights of women and harming national, ethnic and religious groups in the country.
The statement denounced arbitrary rules, culture of betrayal and ferocious spirit of despotism, among others.
“The Senate is not a place in which leaders get away with being mean and nasty,” they noted
The body of Nigeria Delta Women also condemned what they described as trace of bitterness, vicious, crude and inhuman punishments against their kind in the Senate.
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