The World Bank has denied dealing with individuals for any development project.
Rather, 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.
This was the response by the World Bank to a question posed by Joy FM’s investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni who was probing into claims by the Deputy Majority Leader Adwoa Safo that she lobbied the World Bank for the construction of the Kwabenya Senior High School.
Ms Safo, who is also the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when she sought to take credit for a school project she hardly contributed to.
The MP is heard on tape telling constituents of Dome Kwabenya that she lobbied World Bank officials for the construction of the school project.
But for her role, the then NDC government would have built all the new Senior High Schools in NDC stronghold she told the constituents.
Her claims have been heavily disputed by former government officials, with an avalanche of trolls on social media.
The former Deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa was the first to deny her comment, stating the school in question was one of the 200 SHS the then government promised to build.
Out of the 200 it intended to build, the World Bank funded and completed 23, one of which was the Dome Kwabenya SHS.
He found it strange how the MP, who did not even bother to attend the opening of the school, will now find it worthy a project to claim credit for.
The NDC in Dome Kwabenya is angered by the claims.
The Deputy Constituency Chairman Isaac Lamptey said the claims by the MP are unfounded.
Describing her as a “chronic liar” Mr Lamptey said the Member of Parliament must, with immediate effect apologize for her comments.
Several efforts to get in touch with the MP for her comments proved futile
Source: myjoyonline.com
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CHAI !, Npp still in campaign after elections. A lady who lies is a danger to the society, community, constituency, region and nation as a whole. Adwoa Safo is a time BOMB, She will soon Blast. GBOZAAAAA.
You are an ediot. Because most politicians are liars we need to accept that? What type of stoupidity is that? If you want to be led by liars, fair enough, but not some of us. Shame on you.
Show me one single politician who has never told a lie Adwoa, don't mind them. You will not resign and they can roast themselves. Did she not lobby before that school was brought to her constituents? It may not have been with the World bank but the NDC must come out to say that she did not lobby at all. Why do we feed into all this negativity? We have a broken down nation to build so let's stop this childishness
Nana addo, you should be extremely careful about those you appoint, because they can easily soil your image. If a lady can lie like this, then what would the men do. Who can convince me that she will not lie about procurement assignment given her.
You give them one year in government, they would say they built circle and kasoa interchange. In their second year they would say they built all the secondary schools in Ghana as well as all the roads in Ghana. Meanwhile, they claim there is no money for any further projects. This is the party for you. They rose to power through lies, so they still think in power they should continue to lie and Ghanaians would believe, not knowing that the same thumb that sent NDC away would be used to kick them back into the ***barred word***.
this lady has kids with two different married men who meet in the same house to deliberate on issues affecting mother ghana, apart from being a liar what else could come from the so called corrupt parliament. ghanaians should vote for people of substance to represent them and not this type of yeh yeh ladies
Very soon this Liar of a lady would claim its by her effort, hard working and beauty that brought Nana to Office as President. Dome and Kwabenya people should think to change this liar MP
why are people blaming this lady? that is how is thought in her party. lie to the people and take credit.Minister of Procurement indeed.
WAYI AAA NA AY3 DEN?
I used to respect Safo but now, i am totally ashamed of this woman.