\u201cI have pretty much two months more before the six months expire. However, I have written to the Senate again telling them that I\u2019m resuming on the 22nd, which is on Tuesday, by the special grace of God,\u201d she said.
\u201cI will be there, because the court did make the decision on that. Now, they argue that it\u2019s an order \u2014 it\u2019s not an order, but it is a decision.\u201d
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is in her constituency for a training programme to empower her constituents, says even though her suspension did not stop her from working for her constituency, it hampered a major part of her responsibilities, which is to sponsor bills and motions on the floor of the Senate.
She said, \u201cI did mention that every senator has three major functions. Legislative \u2014 which is the creation of laws and review of treaties. Then we have oversight \u2014 which is to oversee ministers and agencies. And then the third is representation \u2014 which I\u2019m doing.
\u201cWhereby I identify the problems and the challenges of my community, and I make sure I present them and have them captured in the federal budget. And I have done pretty well with that. Of course, I do miss putting up my bills there, but it didn\u2019t stop me from working.\u201d
The lawmaker said she has communicated her intentions to resume on Tuesday in a letter to the Senate.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI have pretty much two months more before the six months expire. However, I have written to the Senate again telling them that I\u2019m resuming on the 22nd, which is on Tuesday, by the special grace of God,\u201d she said. \u201cI will be there, because the court did make the decision on that. Now, they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n