By Ayodele Oni
The last may not have been heard on the suspension for six months Kogi senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by Senate as the Federal Government revealed that it is engaging the leadership of the National Assembly on the issue for a peaceful resolution.
The development comes just a day after the Senate suspended Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, for Flouting some rules of the red chamber.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Iman Suleiman-Ibrahim, disclosed this on Friday while speaking with journalists at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
She stated that the government “is engaging with the leadership of the National Assembly to ensure a fair settlement. We’re engaging all the stakeholders to ensure that they temper justice with mercy.”
Suleiman-Ibrahim described the situation as unfortunate and stressed the need to protect women’s representation in politics.
“It’s an unfortunate incident that should not happen. In the last assembly, we had nine senators that were women.
“We don’t want to be losing any woman member in the Senate or decrease in the numbers.
“We’re going to be brokering peace. We’ll engage all the stakeholders to ensure that they temper justice with mercy.”
She also emphasized that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed willingness to resolve the matter through dialogue.
“I was at the National Assembly yesterday, at the Senate where we marked the International Women’s Day.The last thing the Senate president said was that ‘we’re open to broker peace.’
“So we’re going to be the intermediary between the two parties to see that we broker peace; for peace to reign, and then we’ll continue to sensitise everyone so that we learn to work better together as women and men.”
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