The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has dismissed claims by the embattled Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Sarah Adwoa Safo that she has not been duly invited to appear before the Committee in connection with her long absence from the House.
Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu who is the Chairman of the Privileges Committee, indicated that parliament used the same medium the media used in managing to have her speak recently.
Speaking to Joy News a few days ago, Adwoa Safo claimed that she can only come to Ghana if her son, who is sick in the United States of America, is fully healed.
However, the Second Deputy Speaker who is also the MP for Bekwai maintained that the Dome-Kwabenya MP had been duly invited to appear before the committee.
According to him, an email was sent to her through her known email address, followed by a WhatsApp message to all her known contacts in the United States of America.
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.
“It was these same channels that the radio station used in getting her to speak on her invitation to appear before Committee, that parliament used”, he stressed.
He said the committee will make a decision on her if she fails to appear.
Mr. Osei-Owusu warned that the beleaguered MP who is also the Minister of Gender and Social Protection, will be in contempt of Parliament if she does not take measures to appear before the committee.
