{"id":408,"date":"2025-07-09T09:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/?p=408"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:22:23","slug":"natashas-resumption-i-postpone-it-for-the-sake-of-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"NATASHA&#8217;S RESUMPTION: I POSTPONE IT FOR THE SAKE OF PROTOCOL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Lifts-Suspension-Natasha-Akpoti-Uduaghan-to-Return-to-Senate-768x432-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Lifts-Suspension-Natasha-Akpoti-Uduaghan-to-Return-to-Senate-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Lifts-Suspension-Natasha-Akpoti-Uduaghan-to-Return-to-Senate-768x432-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to legal advice and respect for protocols, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, stated that she postponed her resumption into the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natasha also stated that she will wait for the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement before deciding her next action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said this during an interview with African Independent Television (AIT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in defence of her activities outside the chambers during her suspension, Natasha stated that she spent the majority of her time reaching out to constituents through the provision of democratic dividends, in accordance with her avowed commitment to several constituency projects, as well as making progress on her flagship, the \u2018Gold Reserve Bill\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was tension within and outside the National Assembly compound following her previous declaration of resuming parliamentary responsibilities on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was discovered that an abnormally large number of security officers and operating vehicles were present, while cars entering and exiting the site were extensively checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the court described her suspension as excessive and unconstitutional, a legal opinion dated July 5, reportedly issued by Senate counsel Paul Daudu, SAN, argued that the ruling lacked an enforceable directive compelling the Senate to reinstate her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remained active throughout. These are personal initiatives\u2014I was hoping to finish the gold bill and move on to others like lithium and red mineral legislation. I can\u2019t simply hand them over to others,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She reiterated her commitment and determination to continue with her legislative functions and commitment to the development of not only Kogi Central but Nigeria as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While she remains hopeful of a timely return to the Red Chamber, Natasha vowed to continue delivering on her mandate, inside or outside the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe in the judiciary, I\u2019m not giving up,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to legal advice and respect for protocols, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, stated that she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-12345"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingjoseph.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}