{"id":1103800,"date":"2022-05-30T07:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/30\/adwoa-safo-will-be-in-contempt-if-she-fails-to-appear-before-privileges-committee-joe-wise-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T07:52:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:52:34","slug":"adwoa-safo-will-be-in-contempt-if-she-fails-to-appear-before-privileges-committee-joe-wise-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/30\/adwoa-safo-will-be-in-contempt-if-she-fails-to-appear-before-privileges-committee-joe-wise-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Adwoa Safo Will Be In Contempt If She Fails To Appear Before Privileges Committee \u2013 Joe Wise | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The First Deputy Speaker of\u00a0Parliament\u00a0has negated the claim by the embattled Member of\u00a0Parliament\u00a0for the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region,\u00a0Sarah Adwoa Safo\u00a0that she has not been duly invited to appear before the Committee in connection with her long absence from the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr\u00a0Joseph Osei-Owusu, who is the Chairman of the Privileges Committee, parliament used the same medium the media used in managing to have her speak recently.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Accra-based Joy News a few days ago, Ms Safo claimed that she can only come to Ghana if her son, who is sick in the United States of America, is fully healed.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Osei-Owusu, who is also the MP for Bekwai, argued that the Dome-Kwabenya MP, who is also the Minister of Gender and Social Protection, had been duly invited to appear before the Committee.<\/p>\n<p>He explained further that an email was sent to her through her known , followed by a WhatsApp message to all her known contacts in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Osei-Owusu said the Committee further followed up with a letter to her office in parliament, so, she cannot tell the Committee she had not been duly invited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was these same channels that the radio station used in getting her to speak on her invitation to appear before Committee\u201d that parliament used, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He said the committee will make a decision on her if she fails to appear.<\/p>\n<p>She will be in contempt of the Committee if she does not take measures to appear before it, the First Deputy Speaker said on Accra-based Joy FM on Saturday, May 28, 2022.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: class fm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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