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| Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. |
The Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, controversial Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has reacted to the poverty discuss in Nigeria, revealing how she too was a victim of the scourge herself.
According to her, growing up, she saw the ugly face if poverty up close and it was not distant, but real - gnawing, unrelenting and often humiliating.
She says she hates poverty because it stripes people of dignity, silences their dreams, imprisons potentials and despise the way it marginalizes brilliant minds, forcing them to compromise their futures just to survive the day.
Poverty in its cruelty, robs communities of hope and nations of progress.
Natasha Uduaghan went on to say in her post on Instagram that though she cannot deny that poverty shaped her, it was one of the greatest teachers and foremost motivators for her. It lit a fire within her that no obstacle could extinguish, teaching her resilience when the odds were stacked against her.
She says, most importantly, poverty taught her empathy, a deep, unshakable compassion for those who struggle and for those whose voices are drowned by hardship.
Continuing, she says she often reflect on her journey and realize that the hunger for a better life, the dream of a more just society and the courage to fight for change were all born from the crucible of those different years, as it was poverty that propelled into a relentless pursuit of a Nigeria where no child would have to suffer what I once endured.
As a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I stand fiercely against poverty, not just because of what it did to me, but what it continues to do to millions of our people. I am a living proof that adversity can mold greatness, but I also believe that no one should have to suffer deprivation to find their strength.
Concluding, she says poverty must not be a rite of passage, it must be eradicated through policies that empower through governance that is humane, through leadership that listens and acts.
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