Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday issued a public apology to Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for feedback he made final week suggesting she was talking “like she was in an evening membership.”
The incident occurred when Akpoti-Uduaghan spoke with out being recognised by the Senate President.
Talking on the ground of the pink chamber on Tuesday, Akpabio expressed remorse over his remarks and emphasised his respect for girls.
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“I cannot deliberately denigrate any girl and I all the time pray that God will uplift girls,” he said.
Akpabio famous that each his cellphone and his spouse’s cellphone had been inundated with calls and textual content messages, a lot of which have been insulting.
Addressing Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan immediately, Akpabio mentioned, “Distinguished Senator Natasha, I need to apologize to you. The curiosity proven on social media reveals that now we have enemies. I felt I ought to tender a public apology to you. I didn’t imply any hurt. Folks ought to think about issues that may transfer this nation ahead.”
He additionally addressed the broader concern of social media decorum, noting, “Social media handlers ought to apply with decorum. We received’t out of anger regulate social media.”
In response to claims circulating on social media that he has “quite a few girlfriends,” Akpabio firmly denied these allegations. “I’ve just one spouse and she or he is sufficient for me.”
LEADERSHIP remembers that on Monday, the Voices for Inclusion and Fairness for Girls (VIEW), a girls’s advocacy group, criticised the Senate President for what they described as his disrespect in direction of feminine senators.