National Telescope national telescope newspaper
Bose Adelakun
Women leaders across the Niger Delta region on Monday has called for the resignation of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio
The group under the aegis of Niger Delta Women League issued a one-month ultimatum over his controversial ‘holiday enjoyment’ utterances.
National President of the group, Sheila Tamuno, in a statement on Monday, threatened to mobilise over one million Niger Delta women to a massive protest at the National Assembly on September 26 if their demand is not met.
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 resigning 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.”
