The Senate has maintained that it will not “entertain Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s case” because it is “still before the court.”
At a workshop in Abuja, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, said the “Red Chamber” would not “revisit the matter in plenary.”
He stated, “The matter is in court. It is sub judice. The Senate will not entertain it further within the chamber.”
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Adaramodu also called on journalists to “educate the public” on the “Senate’s Standing Rules,” noting that many misconceptions about disciplinary actions come from a “lack of understanding of legislative procedures.”
He emphasized “Section 6(1) of the Senate Standing Rules,” which empowers the Senate President to allocate seats.
He said, “If a senator assigned to seat number 10 decides to sit on seat number 13, the Senate President is not obligated to recognise such. If the senator insists on recognition, conflict becomes inevitable.”
The lawmaker described the National Assembly as a “serious institution governed by law,” not a “banana republic” where rules are ignored.
He told journalists, “Our rules must be obeyed and understood by Nigerians. That understanding comes through your reporting.”
He added that parliamentary reporters “are expected to be as knowledgeable as lawmakers, if not more.”
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