‘Women Can No Longer be Sexually Harassed Once They Become Senators’ —  Ita-Giwa

Former Presidential Adviser and Senator, Florence Ita-Giwa, has dismissed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claim of sexual harassment, arguing that women cannot be harassed once they become senators.

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan recently alleged on a live television program that Senate President Godswill Akpabio obstructed her attempts to raise motions regarding the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she refused his advances.

However, responding to the accusation on Arise TV on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, Ita-Giwa stated that elected female senators should not claim sexual harassment, suggesting that such complaints reflect weakness.

She said, “By the time you contest elections and get to Senate, you have passed that stage of your life of being sexually harassed. You go there to serve, and you are all equal in that place. And again, it shows weakness; you don’t allow it. It (sexual harassment) can not happen in the Senate.

“I am not saying the lady is lying, but when you get to the Senate, you’re there as a person. You’re not there as a woman.

“At that stage in politics, if you come out and say someone is sexually harassing you, it is a weakness.”

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When asked if female lawmakers should keep quiet when their colleague sexually harasses them, Ita-Giwa insisted that it is a sign of weakness for female senators to accuse their colleagues of making passes at them.

“On this matter, I am not with Senator Akpoti. It is the worst sign of weakness on a woman’s part to come out and accuse a man of making passes at you at that level,” she said.

She maintained that female senators should see themselves as equal lawmakers to their male counterparts because winning senatorial elections is not easy.

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