Senate chairman denies Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s committee membership claim
Senator Titus Zam, chairman of the Senate Committee on the North Central Development Commission, has clarified that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is not a member of the committee. This follows Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claim that her name was omitted from the committee’s attendance register. Tensions rose as she confronted the committee clerk and later Titus Zam about her exclusion. The incident led to a heated exchange and further confrontation involving aides.
Key takeaways
- Titus Zam stated that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is not a member of the North Central Development Commission committee and was not invited to its budget defence meeting.
- Akpoti-Uduaghan expressed anger over her name being left off the attendance register and sought clarification from the committee clerk and chairman.
- Tensions escalated when aides attached to the chairman allegedly seized a phone from Akpoti-Uduaghan’s media team and engaged in a verbal altercation.
- Zam explained that committee membership includes senators from different zones for national character, and not all North-Central senators are members.
- He advised Akpoti-Uduaghan to approach the Senate Committee on Selection if she wished to contest her non-membership.
