Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker for Kogi Central, has been formally removed by the Senate from her position as chair personof the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organizations.  

Aniekan Bassey, the senator for the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, formally took her post.  At the conclusion of Thursday's plenary session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the news.  

The action is the most recent in a string of committee leadership transitions involving the member from Kogi Central.

After taking the oath of office as a senator in November 2023, Akpoti-Uduaghan was initially designated as the chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content.  

But in a legislative maneuver on February 4, 2025, Akpabio reorganized the committee chairmanship, and she was shifted from Local Content to the Committee on Diaspora and NGOs.  

Some analysts speculated that Akpoti-Uduaghan's departure was motivated by political reasons, and the reshuffle caused controversy because it occurred soon after she actively oversaw oil and gas agencies.

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