It appears some Ghanaians are not willing to stop trolling the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Honorable Sarah Adwoa Safo, for claiming that a school built in her constituency was through her personal efforts as they have taken it to another level.
Ms. Safo, in a video that went viral on social media on Friday, July 7, 2017, claimed that she lobbied the World Bank to fund the construction of the Kwabenya Senior High School (SHS).
The embattled MP, who is also the deputy majority leader, added that it was absurd for the erstwhile Mahama administration to claim ownership of the project when all the schools they built were in their strongholds.
“It is absurd for the NDC [National Democratic Congress] administration to claim ownership of the Kwabenya SHS project, when they are aware that all the Community Day SHSs built by former President Mahama were situated only in their strongholds,” she said while addressing her constituents.
But her claim was quickly refuted by a former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who described it as “outright falsehood.”
Also, a senior member of the pressure group, OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely Hayford, has heavily criticised the MP for her comments.
Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis programme—The Big Issue—at the weekend, Casely Hayford expressed disgust at the comments by Adwoa Safo, who is also a Minister of State.
According to him, it was unacceptable for Ghanaians to be made to endure such blatant lies from a well-placed fellow in society.
He asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call her to order and make her either apologise or dismiss her immediately to protect the integrity of his government.
Meanwhile, the World Bank has denied dealing with individuals for any development project.
The international financial institution in an answer to Joy FM’s question over the MP’s claim said “it deals with governments and does not play any role in the internal politics of the day in any of the countries it operates in.”
Out of the 200 SHS opposition NDC intended to build, the World Bank funded and completed 23, one of which is the Dome Kwabenya SHS.
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