Female Senators cannot be sexually harassed – Senator Florence Ita-Giwa

Former Presidential Adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has reacted to claims of sexual harassment by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, stating that female Senators cannot be sexually harassed.

She stated this while speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday.

Recall that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had recently claimed on a live television programme that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, frustrated her moves to raise motions about Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she refused to sleep with him.

Senator Ita-Giwa however maintained that women can’t claim to be sexually harassed when they are elected into the Senate.

The former lawmaker for Cross-River South Senatorial District believes it is a sign of weakness for female senators to complain about sexual harassment.

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.

“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.”