As the Senate grapples with reputational damage following sexual harassment allegations against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, Ejiofor Alike reports that further accusations of financial inducements to approve a state of emergency in Rivers State have exacerbated the National Assembly’s image crisis
This is not the best of times for the Senator Godswill Akpabio-led 10th National Assembly.
While the Senator Ahmad Lawan-led 9th National Assembly was perceived as the worst rubber-stamp legislature since the return of democracy in 1999, the present federal lawmakers suffer reputational damage due to the many allegations against them.