Multiple reports from the corridors of Parliament have revealed how the embattled Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has written to the legislature requesting a leave extension.
This is contained in a new letter, the MP is said to have addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.
This revelation comes at a time, a former MP for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has filed a petition for the House to take action against Adwoa Safo and three other MPs who are said to have breached the 15-day rule.
Madam Safo who has not been sighted in Parliament since the beginning of the year has courted the displeasure of the party in her constituency as well as most of her colleagues on the Majority side of the House.
The MP who is already on a leave of absence from her role as the Gender Minister is said to be peeved over the reversal of her dismissal of the School Feeding boss, Madam Gertrude Quashigah.
That decision which sources say bruised her ego saw her abandoning the Ministry as she packed bag and baggage to Europe.
A few months back, videos of her dancing on the social media app, TikTok went viral with a section of the populace calling into question her state of mind.
She however surfaced in Parliament in December for the controversial vote to reverse the 2022 budget.
Efforts to get her to return to the House for another crucial vote to approve the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill appears to have proved futile.
She’s said to be demanding reinstatement to her previous position on the Majority’s front bench as the Deputy Majority Leader, a position she held in the seventh Parliament.
Confirming the latest development on the status of the MP, Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said Adwoa Safo wrote to the Speaker on Wednesday requesting the leave extension.
“What I can say now is that on Wednesday, she brought a letter, asking for four weeks extension. She explained that her injured child is still responding to treatment,” he said on Accra-based Neat FM.
“I cannot say whether she is okay herself or not since I am not there with her. I cannot say if the Speaker has agreed to the extension or not and I haven’t had any discussions with the Speaker too.”
Source: The Newsroom Online
