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Women leaders across the Niger Delta region on Monday issued a one-month ultimatum to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to resign from the hallowed chamber over his controversial ‘holiday enjoyment’ utterances.

This was even as they vowed to mobilize over one million Niger Delta women to a massive protest at the National Assembly on September 26 if their demand is not met.

The development is coming barely two weeks after Akpabio announced to his colleagues at the Senate that money was sent to their s for them to “enjoy” their annual recess.

He had said, “In order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various s by the Clerk of the National Assembly.

“I withdraw that statement. In order to allow you to enjoy your holiday, the Senate President has sent prayers to your mail boxes to assist you to go on a safe journey and return.”

His comment had generated heated debate and criticisms from Nigerians, with many berating the senators for being insensitive at a time the masses are still struggling to adjust to the removal of fuel subsidy.

A statement issued by the National President of Niger Delta Women League, Sheila Tamuno, on Monday however called for the immediate resignation of Akpabio for allegedly ‘desecrating the hallowed chambers by adding insults to the economic injuries of the average Nigerian man on the streets.’

The statement reads, “We call on Senator Godswill Akpabio to honourably resign his position as President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and drop the gavel with immediate effect. We also call on distinguished senators to stand up for the masses and vote Akpabio out should he not agree to toe the path of honor by reg his office.

“For a man like Akpabio that comes with so much baggage to the hallowed chambers, we ordinarily would have expected him to take a break from his chequered past. We shall be mobilizing one million Niger Delta Women on September 26, 2023 to the gate of the National Assembly to either thank the Senate or pressure them to do the needful.

“As we continue to groan under the fangs of the current economic woes where families can no longer afford two square meals, skyrocketing cost of transportation, good health care services and bludgeoning electricity tariffs, we will not sit down and watch Akpabio sniff out the minutest hope of life through his unguarded acts of impunity and indiscretion. A stitch in time saves nine.”

https://punchng.com/holiday-enjoyment-niger-delta-women-issue-akpabio-one-month-ultimatum-to-resign/

Akpabio goofed

Akpabio is a careless talker...his Senate Presidency will be full of intrigues.

Rubbish! Such Women with low IQ belong to farm and kitchen

hmmm

From the look of things, Akpabio will be the most useless and shameless senate president in the history of this nation.

Ultimatum

Waste of time am yet to see any nigerian politician holding any political office resign.

loosecanon50:
From the look of things, Akpabio will be the most useless and shameless senate president in the history of this nation.

You guys should give that man a break.

His only crime was that he announced something we already know they enjoy.

In a sane society, akpabio and Tinubu would have been chilling in jail by now

Sell your Pi to us at a good price.

PDP women wing you mean? Akpabio is Tinubu right hand man for the looting

If they are serious, it will commence asap. But they are keeping it for September 26th, by that time Akpabio go don send something to the sponsor.

Befoig

Nigerian politicians do not resign! How many times are we going to tell you people this?

I am only interested in this question-

madams, who is/are your sponsor(s)?

Of all the ills bedeviling this country, a group suddenly emerges, not against the plan of govt to share 8k to citizens while sharing millions to govt officials, not against the price of fuel, not against rising inflation, not against the rising cost of food, not against the jumbo packages of govt officials (exec and Nass), not against the rising size of cabinet/cost of governance with additional cost of planned invasion of Niger when we have barely $3.7bn foreign reserves but only against 'Akpabio's comment'. And are even willing to mobilise 1m women march.

(That word, 'mobilise' ehhnnn, if u kno..lol)

Who are ur sponsors? Just tell us first.

Why did they not mobilise protest against tinubu after fuel skyrocketed to 700 from 185 in the name of invisible subsidy...mtcheeeew

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Here we come

Asking for recall on a SP....a corrupt and arrogantly mischievous one for that matter.





Wittyness

Karemarealty288:


https://punchng.com/holiday-enjoyment-niger-delta-women-issue-akpabio-one-month-ultimatum-to-resign/

madness

One month is far. With immediate effect. I just wonder what himself and Lawan are doing in the national assembly. Nigeria is so fvcked mehn. The constitution murderer and democracy coupist Ebola Ahmed Thiéfnubu nailed it to the coffin with his brazen criminal mandate stealing. If the Judiciary fail to redeem their battered image, then all of them in the three arms of government will be declared persona non grata.
APC should leave our national life abeg. They're too devilish
Nonsense
😡😡😡😡😡

If their point is recall him, there is no problem.

But just saying he should resign his position as a Senate President, that one is not enough.

In any case, I like the disposition of the women. They're sending a strong message to him already.

That's how it is supposed to be with each and every one of us.

Once you hear, see or watch your senator behaving anyone, send a strong message so that they will know your eyes are on them.

These ones dey find money

Hehehehe.

Who dey resign for Nigeria politics?

And if he doesn't resign, what's going to happen?

Cursed people. When it was muslim hausa, you did not ask him to resign.


Now it's a Christian, just one month and your curse is back. Why not ask the Speaker who has just siphoned N9bn? Cursed people -- satan-chained fake slaves

I thought some people were blaming Igbos for rejecting Akpabio's senate presidential bid....

Imagine in the whole of south-south the only person Tinubu saw fit to represent them for senate president is Akpabio

Parachoko:
Useless ultimatum

accordadoga25:
Hehehehe.

Who dey resign for Nigeria politics?

And if he doesn't resign, what's going to happen?

Ireportlive:




Recess allowance


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Recess allowance


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Useless ultimatum