Muslim Women Praise Madina MP For His Role In Advancing Women’s Welfare In Parliament
According to the Muslim women, they are in full support of Honourable Sosu and declare their intention to vote massively for him to win the parliamentary seat in the 2024 general election to continue his good works by way of advancing Women’s Welfare in Parliament.
Freeman Koryekpor 
Thousands of Muslim women in the Madina Constituency of the Greater Accra Region have overwhelmingly thrown their support behind the second term parliamentary bid of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Honourable Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu.
According to the Muslim women, they are in full support of Honourable Sosu and declare their intention to vote massively for him to win the parliamentary seat in the 2024 general election to continue his good works by way of advancing Women’s Welfare in Parliament.
The Muslim women gave the endorsement to Honourable Sosu when the workaholic and charismatic MP joined them at their end of Ramadan Tafsir and fund raising ceremony which was organized by the Islamic Charity Center for Women Orientation (ICCWO) on Saturday April 7, 2024 at Pig Farm Abavana School Park in Accra.
The event was under the theme;" Whoever does good righteousness ,it is for his (own) soul; and whoever does evil (does so) against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to His servants "(Quran 41:46).
According to the women group, they have observed the MP's lead role in parliament in advocating for the waiver of tax on sanitary pads amongst other PRO minority advocacies.
They noted that the MP in 2023 presented to Parliament a private member’s bill proposing an amendment to remove the 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on menstrual hygiene products.
The proposed bill seeks to amend the VAT (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1082), to remove the VAT on sanitary pads and tampons. The Bill will also push for the reclassification of the 20 per cent import tax on final consumer goods to zero-rated essential social goods and proscribe future taxation of such essential social goods.
Additionally, the group expressed appreciation to the MP for his role in proposing a Private Member's Bill for the extension of maternity leave from three to four months, and also the introduction of paternal leave for men.
"We are using this occasion to thank our MP for championing the activities of the women in parliament. We are praying to the Lord almighty Allah that he should give our MP, long life, and protection to continue to represent us effectively in Parliament to continue his good works."
