Hon
Sarah Adwoa Safo
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Dome Kwabenya
Assumed office
Jan 2013
Preceded byAaron Mike Oquaye
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
Personal details
Born (1981-12-28) 28 December 1981 (age 42)
Accra, Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
RelationsApostle Kwadwo Safo
ProfessionLawyer

Sarah Adwoa Safo (born 28 December 1981)[1] is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. She is the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament (2013–2020) for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[2][3] She was the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection until 28 July 2022 when she was dismissed by Nana Akuffo Addo Danquah.[4][5][6][7]

Early life and education

Adwoa Safo was born to Ghanaian industrialist and pastor, Apostle Kwadwo Safo on Monday, 28 December 1981.[8] She was home-tutored and wrote and passed her GCE A’ Level in 1998. At age 17, she entered the University of Ghana Faculty of Law where she obtained Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.) degree in 2002.[1][3] Safo was the vice-president of the Law Students Union (LSU) in her final year. She then continued to the Ghana School of Law and was called to the Bar in October 2004 at the age of 22.[9] She holds an LLM from George Washington University.[10][3] In September 2022, she graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement law and Policy.[11]

Career

She worked briefly with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington DC in the United States and thereafter returned to Ghana.[3] On her return home in late 2005, she joined the law firm Kulendu @ law, then Zoe, Akyea & Co, as a private legal practitioner and concurrently served on the Mediation Committee of the Legal Aid Board of Ghana as a Mediator.[3]

She worked as the first legal officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) for two (2) years and was very instrumental in the formulation of the proposals that formed the basis for the creation of the Appeals and Complaint Panel of PPA and the change of the name Public Procurement Board to Public Procurement Authority.[12]

She was first elected as the member of parliament for Dome Kwabenya in 2012. And she has been re-elected in 2016 and 2020. She was deputy majority leader of the 7th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana and is the only female MP in Ghana to ascend to the number 2 position of the Majority front.[13]

She was appointed Minister of State in charge of Government Procurement in 2017, serving till 2021;[14] under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 5th president of the 4th Republic of Ghana.

In the eighth parliament under the fourth Republic of Ghana, President Akufo-Addo appointed her as the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection sge served in this capacity until 28 July 2022 when she was relieved of her duties.[15][16][17][18]

She lost in the 2024 NPP parliamentary primaries to Micheal Oquaye Jnr who obtained 1,194 votes against 328 by Adwoa.[19]

Personal life

She got married on Saturday, 17 August 2019.[20]

Awards and recognition

Adwoa was a nominee for the Nobles Forum Award in 2012.[21] She was honored by Glitz Africa as one of the Top 100 Women of the Year.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Akwasi, Tiffany (21 August 2018). "Profile: Adwoa Safo children, husband and pictures". Yen – Ghana news. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Lawyer Adwoa Safo". The New Patriotic Party of Ghana. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Meet Adwoa Safo, MP Dome-Kwabenya". thefinderonline. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Sarah Adwoa Safo dismissed as Minister". Graphic Online. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Adwoa Safo sacked from her role as Gender Minister". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Dismissal of Adwoa Safo as Gender Minister long overdue – Governance Expert". GhanaWeb. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Ghanaians react to Adwoa Safo's dismissal as Gender Minister - MyJoyOnline.com". myjoyonline. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. ^ Viasat 1 Ghana (18 April 2016), Why i got home schooled – Hon Adwoa Safo, retrieved 4 February 2017((citation)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Safo, Adwoa Sarah". Ghanamps.gov. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Adwoa Safo bags postgraduate diploma from University of Nottingham". GhanaWeb. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  12. ^ "LLM Alumna Appointed Minister of State". law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  13. ^ Taylor, Mildred Europa. "NPP Government: Adwoa Safo named Deputy Majority Leader – Politics – Pulse". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Adwoa Safo appointed Minister of State". ghanaweb. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Six ministers reassigned, four deputies elevated in Nana Addo's new government". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Adwoa Safo will be screened thoroughly as Gender Minister designate - Nana Oye". Pulse Ghana. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Adwoa Safo leaves Procurement, heads to Gender Ministry - MyJoyOnline.com". myjoyonline. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Adwoa Safo sacked from her role as Gender Minister". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Sarah Adwoa Safo loses Dome Kwabenya to Micheal Oquaye Jr - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  20. ^ "MP For Dome Kwabenya Constituency Hon. Adwoa Safo Marries". peace fm online. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Adwoa Safo to receive Nobles Forum Award". ghanaweb. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  22. ^ "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 28 May 2022.

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