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August 1, 2017
Member of Parliament for Ada Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah says she is grateful to the Speaker of the seventh Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye for the opportunity she is giving to Women in the legislature to shine.
At a recent workshop in Koforidua, female MPs from both side of the House under took a training session to sharpen their leadership skills, and address challenges ahead of them.
“In the House I have championed the course of women, we need to help the women grow, and we cannot go against our own women”
According to the Deputy Minority whip, “men can go against their fellow men no one will complain but immediately a woman does that it becomes a big issue. Then you hear people saying women are their own enemies now we will not take those chances again”.
She further added that, whoever the person is, so far as she is a woman “we will support her to get to the top and be on top of issues”, she said.
And lamented over the fact that when it comes to number of female MPs’, “we do not have the numbers but we are pushing and we will get there gradually”.
On our side in the Minority we have 13 female MPs, 4 in the ranking position; as we pushing more women to serve on committees we will set that up as part of our Parliamentary Friendship Association, she said.
The Ada lawmaker gave an example of Madam Patricia Appiagyei who was chairperson of the committee on local government and rural development until she was given an appointment as Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com