I Will Not Join The NDC To Remove Adwoa Safo From Parliament – Hon. Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Mohammed, the MP for Tamale Central, has expressed his support for Adwoa Safo, the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection.
According to him, the NPP cannot declare the Dome-Kwabenya seat vacant on its own since two-thirds of the Members of Parliament must vote on the matter.
Miss Safo’s absence from Parliament for more than two weeks is claimed to be the main factor for the NPP’s failure to approve the E-Levy Bill due to a lack of quorum (numbers).
Even if the NDC votes to dismiss AdwoaSafo from Parliament, Mr. Mohammed has stated that he will not vote to remove her from the House.
”If they sack Adwoa Safo it doesn’t make her seat automatically vacant. Someone will have to petition the Speaker and the Speaker will refer the petition to the Privileges Committee in Parliament. If they decide that let’s declare her seat vacant they would have to refer it to the whole House to debate and vote for two-thirds of Parliament to agree to declare the seat vacant. The NDC will never do that. Even if the NDC decides to vote and remove her from Parliament, I will not join them, I will oppose it because she is my friend and she is a nice person”, the MP for Tamale Central Murtala Mohammed said.
