The Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament Sarah Adwoa Safo has lashed out at the Minority side of the house, accusing them of introducing "extraneous" matters to stall the approval of Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba as the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection.
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Adwoa Safo: "extraneous" matters being used against Otiko Djaba
The Minority Leader Haruna Iddirsu questioned Ms Djaba's locus to be a minister following her failure to undertake a compulsory national service.
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Her approval as the Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection was put on hold until Tuesday, February 7, 2017.
"If you read the law, these are other extraneous matters that are being put into the eligibility and qualification criteria," Adwoa Safo said on Accra-based Citi FM.
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"Going strictly by the law, the president in exercising his powers and she stood as a parliamentary candidate for Bole-Bamboi on one occasion, it tells you that that qualification that is set out in Article 94 of the constitution presumably might have been satisfied before she was even cleared to contest. If she had won, she would have been in parliament," she added.
The minority leader has stated in strong words that Otiko Djaba does not have the support of his side in the house.
“She does not have our support and she will not have our support until she behaves in a manner befitting a minister.”
All of the MPs on the minority side of the Appointments Committee voted against her approval. They argued that her posture during the vetting did not befit a minister and also because she did not do National Service.
Djaba during her vetting refused to apologise for describing former President John Mahama as “evil, wicked” and “an embarrassment” to people of the regions up north.
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