Kenny Okulugbo: Strengthening Internal Democracy Will Boost Women’s Representation In the Senate

Consultant, Communications and Strategy astatine the Office of the Senate President, Kenny Okulugbo, has emphasised that women volition unafraid much governmental seats successful Nigeria’s legislature erstwhile interior ideology is strengthened wrong governmental parties.  

During an interrogation with ARISE NEWS connected Wednesday, Okulugbo highlighted the mediocre existent practice of women successful the Nigeria’s senate, stating, “There are lone 4 pistillate senators retired of 109. Senator Ireti Kingibe heads the Women Affairs Committee, and each 4 pistillate senators are members of the ECOWAS parliament.”

He added that interior ideology is important for just practice and observed that “Senator Natasha Akpoti, aft struggling to unafraid a ticket, yet succeeded by joining the PDP.”

On the caller contention involving Senator Natasha Akpoti, Okulugbo described the Senate President’s apology arsenic a “welcome development.”

He explained, “The apology acknowledges that radical were uncomfortable with the prime of words used, and Akpabio would not person disparaged Natasha.”

He noted that Akpabio intended to apologise successful idiosyncratic but could not owed to attending the burial of erstwhile Senate President Bukola Saraki’s mother.

“The Senate President said helium would person visited Natasha’s location personally if helium wasn’t attending the burial,” Okulugbo added.

Regarding the narration betwixt Ali Ndume and Senate President Akpabio, Okulugbo affirmed, “The narration betwixt Ndume and Akpabio is cordial. Ndume’s removal arsenic Chief Whip was a determination made by the party, not Akpabio.”

Addressing concerns astir the upcoming protestation connected 1 August, Okulugbo expressed caution astir imaginable violence, stating, “We anticipation for a peaceful protestation but are wary of past events wherever hoodlums hijacked demonstrations.”

On the substance of the 6.2 trillion naira allocation to the Senate and House of Representatives, Okulugbo explained that the funds were reviewed by the Appropriation Committee aft a breakdown by the executive.

Finally, Okulugbo mentioned that Akpabio has not yet decided whether to prosecute ineligible enactment against the Gist Lover blog.

“The Senate President’s apology was not influenced by the blog’s actions,” helium concluded.

NNEOMA UDENSI

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