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I didn't do national service - Otiko Djaba
Otiko Djaba told the appointments committee of parliament during her vetting on Monday that she was not in Ghana to do her national service.
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"I did not do national service because I was not in Ghana," she said.
The minister-designate, who is also the national women's organiser told parliament that she will ensure that Affirmative Action Bill is brought back to parliament to be passed into law.
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She, however, indicated that the Bill will now have to be taken back to cabinet because there is a new parliament.
When asked if she had a timeline on when this will be achieved, she said that "It will be difficult to give timelines on the Affirmative Action Bill until I am approved."
She has however, denied ever endorsing Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong’s sex-for-job claim against the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei.
"I’ll be the last person to do that because I myself have been a victim of such allegation," Ms Djaba said.
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Otiko Afisa Djaba has indicated that she owes former President John Mahama no apology for some unsavory comments she made about him.
According to her, she criticized former president Mahama but did not insult him.
Prior to the 2016 general election, Otiko Afisa Djaba is reported to have made some unsavory comments about former President Mahama.
She said, "I owe former President John Mahama no apology... The President is my brother and I spoke from my conviction".
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"My comment about he being an embarrassment was in relation to SADA, it was in relation to SADA that I said he had embarrassed Northerners and the Northern chiefs themselves had come to say same," she said.
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