Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Monday blocked the entrance to the office of a fellow senator at the National Assembly, protesting her alleged denial from attending a meeting she is a member of.

The meeting in question was the budget defence session of the North-Central Development Commission (NCDC). The commission's management had appeared before the Senate Committee on the NCDC, chaired by the senator representing Benue North-West, Titus Zam.

The commission covers the six states in the North-central geographical zone: Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Niger, Kwara, and Nasarawa.

The budget defence, which began at about 10 a.m., was concluded before 11 a.m., with the committee chairman and other members express...