Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has broken her silence after videos of her clashing with some National Assembly staff members surfaced online. earlier today February 16.

 

 

 

In a statement released on her Instagram page, Senator Natasha stated that she was conspicuously secluded from the Senate Committee meeting of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) where the lawmakers were to interface with the Commission and deliberate on the its 2026 budget.

 

 

 

The Senator said she only got wind of the meeting twenty minutes before it was to be concluded and as a serving Senator, she was meant to be part of the meeting. She stated that she was neither informed of the meeting nor was she included in the Senate’s NCDC communication platform where official information is shared.

 

 

 

Read her statement below…

 

 

 

‘’Today, the Senate Committee on the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), chaired by Titus Zam, convened to interface with the Commission and deliberate on its 2026 budget proposal.

 

 

 

I was neither notified nor invited.

 

 

 

I became aware of the meeting barely twenty minutes before it ended. By the time I arrived at the National Assembly, I met members of the NCDC management exiting the Senate Complex. I immediately proceeded to Room 431 in an effort to participate in what remained of the session, only to be informed by four committee staff that the meeting had concluded.

 

 

 

When I demanded to know why I was excluded — despite being a senator from the North Central zone — I was told it was likely an “oversight” by the committee clerk.

 

 

 

However, upon requesting the attendance register, I discovered that my name was not even listed among senators from the North Central zone. This was not a mere oversight. It was a deliberate omission of record.

 

 

 

I proceeded to the Chairman’s office to seek clarification. In the presence of three other individuals, I confronted what I consider a deliberate attempt to sideline me — and by extension, the people of Kogi Central — from a critical budgetary process directly affecting our district.

 

 

 

I raised clear concerns:

 

• I was not notified.

 

• I was not invited.

 

• My name was excluded from the committee register.

 

• I was not added to the Senate’s NCDC communication platform where official information is shared.”