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March 12, 2024
Member of Parliament for Ketu South Abla Dizfa Gomashie has taken a swipe at the Majority Leader, Afenyo Markin describing his comment as despicable for referring to Professor Jane Nana Opoku’s age as the running mate for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama.
The Majority Leader on Monday, March 11, 2024 during his closing remarks on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate on the floor of the House made reference to Professor Jane Nana Opoku’s age as a running mate to John Mahama intimating that she would not be able to take over after one term should the NDC win.
and was supported at a press conference on Monday, March 11, 2024 when in the closing remarks on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) when he made reference to her age as a running mate to John Mahama and would not be able to take over after one term should they win.
The statement triggered reaction from the Minority MPs who were obviously not happy and kept demanding that the Effutu MP apologizes, and kept heckling until the House became uncontrollable and the Second Deputy Speaker suspended the House for an hour.
Addressing the media Madam Dizfa Gomashie pointed out that the speech of the Majority Leader who is supposed to make his closing remarks was not relevant to SONA. “I am a daughter of a teacher who retired and sold in Madina Market, the examples I saw that brought me to be a member of parliament if you count ten people Professor Opoku Nana Agyeman, a former Minister of State at the Education Ministry and first female vice chancellor, a school where Hon Afenyo-Markin attended is one of them.”
Again, to attack Professor Jane Nana Opoku-Agyeman the way he did is totally unacceptable; I take exception to that. It’s only on the 8th of March, 2024 we celebrated International Women’s Day when we were saying we needed mentors for our young girls to become great in society. “For him to reduce this woman and talk about her as if he was talking about his classmate; she taught you a person, and a person who has been elected by the biggest party in Ghana to be former President Mahama’s running mate, “what business has this woman’s name got to do in the closing remarks of SONA?” She queried.
“I am horrified and I think that we deserve an apology from the leader for the way he has brought this woman’s name into disrepute and the Speaker should not have allowed this to go on.”
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com