{"id":169244,"date":"2025-07-13T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-dickson-backs-natashas-return-to-senate"},"modified":"2025-07-13T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:51:00","slug":"senator-dickson-backs-natashas-return-to-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-dickson-backs-natashas-return-to-senate","title":{"rendered":"Senator Dickson backs Natasha\u2019s return to Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lawmaker representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Seriake Dickson, has thrown his weight behind the return of his colleague from Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that Natasha was suspended on March 6 after a heated argument with Senate leadership over a new seating arrangement, which she claimed was intentionally designed to undermine her.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be recalled that hat the issue degenerated when she appeared on national television and accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of retaliating against her for allegedly rejecting his sexual advances, an allegation Akpabio has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on July 4, ordered the Senate to reinstate Natasha.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Dickson, while addressing newsmen, said that he never supported her suspension and hopes she will resume her duties in the Senate as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sympathize with Natasha. I have never been in support of any legislative activities that suspend members for long periods of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate leadership and my colleagues know my position on it is anchored on the law and the constitution and my personal conviction. Senators are here to agree and disagree in the national interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we have to tolerate and respect one another even when you have differences of opinion. I was not there when it was announced, but that\u2019s not my concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy concern is that the sooner she resumes her seat to perform and continue to perform her constitutional responsibilities. That\u2019s my interest and I have been told that the court has decided on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The lawmaker representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Seriake Dickson, has thrown his weight behind the return of his colleague from Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to the Senate. DAILY POST recalls that Natasha was suspended on March 6 after a heated argument with Senate leadership over a new seating arrangement, which she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-169244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senator Dickson backs Natasha\u2019s return to Senate - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-dickson-backs-natashas-return-to-senate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Dickson backs Natasha\u2019s return to Senate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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