Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has finally received an apology from Senate President Godswill Akpabio for his remark about a “night club.”
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In case you missed it, Akpabio warned the female senator last week on the Senate floor that she wasn’t in the “night club” and that she wasn’t “recognised.”
This occurred after the Senate President declared during the Thursday plenary session that those who supported a bill’s second reading should vote “yes,” while those who opposed it should vote “no.” It’s interesting to note that the majority of people who voted “nay” were more louder than those who voted “aye,” which made the Senate President consider his next move.
However, Akpoti-Uduaghan, explaining why she and some others were against the reading, said; “Mr President, we don’t want it to be killed. We just want a bit of modification. We don’t want the bill killed but there should be slight modification.”
Akpabio, in his reponse said; “You see Senator Natasha, in the chamber, you have to be recognized before you speak. We’re not in a nightclub.”
Because many people interpreted the Senate President’s comment as an insult to the female lawmaker, it caused controversy on social media. In the meantime, a few worried Nigerians had asked Akpabio to apologise to Natasha.
Be that as it may, Akpabio, speaking on Tuesday at the senate chamber said: “We are still learning, even those of us who have been in the Senate for 16years, we are still learning.”
“But in the cause of speaking with one of my distinguished sisters on not speaking when not recognized, I made reference to the fact that we are not in a night club where people have to shout above the noise of the music.”
“The social media went agog, my wife called me that they published her number and she received around 2,000 to 3,000 calls per day.”
“I’m happy with the interest generated by Nigerians with what goes on in this chambers because we are here for their interest.”
“The communication was totally misunderstood, instead of making meaning with what we said, they went into private abuses; I don’t want to say what they did to me.”
“I will not intentionally denigrate any woman, I have a wife and four daughters and I always pray that God will lift a girl to the highest zenith in Nigeria politically and in business. So Senator Natasha I want to apologize to you if you felt offended.”
“There is nothing I will say that would not be misrepresented, I felt I should tender a public apology to you.”
