The Dadekotopon former Member of Parliament Nii Amasa Namoale has discredited reports by Odekro a Civil Organization which named the MP among 19 other Mps as worst performing in the August House during the sixth Parliament.
Nii Amasa Namoale said the research findings of Odekro were not credible and must be taken with a pinch of salt, wondering why media houses should give it a mileage. He made the comments on Onua Fm morning show on Wednesday hosted by Bright Kwesi Asempa.
A study conducted by Civil Organisation, Odekro has named Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament Adwoa Safo, Assin Central MP Ken Agyapong and former Navrongo Central MP Mark Woyongo among 50 worse performing legislators in the sixth parliament.
The organization stated that for a House that demands members to talk and debate issues of policy, it was striking to discover that members such as former Dadekotopon MP Nii Amasah Namoale, former Savelugu MP Mary Salifu Boforo and former Jomoro MP Francis Anaman were silent during the sixth parliament.
But Nii Amasa Namoale said the Civil Organization, Odekro has just set out to hamper his ambition of contesting the flag bearership of the NDC in 2020. He said “This is what happens when someone wants to contest for the presidency. You find all kinds of people and groups coming out with all kinds of findings”
He said anyone who wants to know the work he did during the sixth parliament can do so by checking the Parliamentary Hansard both at the Committee level as well as on the floor of Parliament. He stressed that he has been on three committees during his stay in the Parliament therefore it will be erroneous on the part of Odekro to report that he has been silent in the House.
“Even if I don’t speak at all on the floor of Parliament, I do a lot of Committee work. Parliamentary work is not all about making comments or debating on the floor of Parliament, majority of the work is at the Committee level” the former Dadekotopon MP lamented.
He further said Africa Watch Magazine did a report on the same Sixth Parliament but he was not rated among non performing MPs, so “I am surprise to see Odekro’s research saying those things about me”
By: Bright Dzakah
