{"id":178192,"date":"2025-09-10T08:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:39:12","slug":"uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay","title":{"rendered":"Uphold Constitution Reinstate Natasha Without Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Nigerian Senate to immediately reinstate Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and allow her to resume legislative duties.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>SERAP said the Kogi Central lawmaker\u2019s suspension, which started in March, has ended and should not be extended under any pretext.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no law in Nigeria that prevents the resumption of her legislative duties pending the hearing and determination of the case(s) in court. This travesty of justice must end,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The organization accused the Senate of using pending court cases as an excuse to bar Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that such an action undermined the rule of law, stressing that the senator, who had formally notified the Clerk of the National Assembly of her intention to resume on September 4, must be allowed back to the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The rights group also demanded the immediate payment of all her outstanding salaries and allowances for the duration of the suspension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Nigerian Senate to immediately reinstate Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and allow her to resume legislative duties. 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SERAP said the Kogi Central lawmaker\u2019s suspension, which started in March, has ended and should not be extended under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[11955,254,14381,641],"class_list":["post-178192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-natasha","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-senate","tag-serap"],"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>Uphold Constitution Reinstate Natasha Without Delay - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Nigerian Senate to immediately reinstate Sena ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uphold Constitution Reinstate Natasha Without Delay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Nigerian Senate to immediately reinstate Sena ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-10T07:10:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-10T08:39:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757481111.526.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uphold Constitution Reinstate Natasha Without Delay\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-10T07:10:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-10T08:39:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757481111.526.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Natasha\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian Senate\",\"SERAP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/uphold-constitution-reinstate-natasha-without-delay\",\"name\":\"Uphold Constitution Reinstate Natasha Without Delay - 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