Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson has finally reacted to claims that she is a difficult person to be with.
According to the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development she is a nice person but just a no nonsense kind of pperson.
In an interview on Thursday 16th September she said ‘Hawa Koomson is a nice person, just that I am a no nonsense person”.
Speaking on some difficulties women in politics face she noted that male counterparts in politics usually tag women in politics as prostitute.
She also mentioned that women sometimes endure severe hardship and verbal abuse from male counterparts in politics.
She noted that such difficulties women go through must be stopped because women have what it takes to govern a country.
“We are fighting for our place in politics and in governance. There is no way we can do very good politics and governance in our country without women participating.
“I contested against a male in 2021 and 2026 and the kind of insults. To the extent that I was told my three children have different fathers which is not true. I have three children with the same man my husband.
“To me, it is high time we moved away for refusing women their rightful place when it comes to politics. This is within our political party and our opponents.
“Political offices are not too sensitive for women to hold. I know there will be a time in this country that we will have a female president or even a female vice. We saw it in the last elections when the NDC went in for Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman.
“I think NPP is rather more in the position to do it this than the NDC. In future even it will happen it will be in the NPP, we have a lot of great women in our party,” she said on the Good Evening Ghana Programme.
