Sarah Adwoa Safo, a former minister for gender equality and a member of parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya district, has spoken out about her protracted absence from the legislature.
She made an unreserved apology to her party and its participants while outlining the difficulties she and her family encountered personally at the time.
Adwoa Safo expressed sincere regret for any inconvenience she may have caused and acknowledged that her absence was unintentional.
She specifically addressed important party figures, saying, “I want to use this platform to apologize to my party, and leaders of the party. The first is President Akufo-Addo, the Vice President, the Chief of Staff, the Majority Leader, and the entire Majority Caucus.”
“I want to apologize because it was not intentional, there was a lot going on in my life and that of my family. I am using this medium to plead with you all in the name of God. To my regional executives and my constituency executive, the headquarters of the NPP, I plead with you all, including sympathizers and supporters who love the party and myself, to forgive me for everything that has happened,” she added.
MP for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has publicly apologized to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership, including President Akufo-Addo, VP Bawumia, and Chief of Staff Frema Opare, for her recent actions#UTVNews pic.twitter.com/jxDbvl2j9e
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) September 14, 2023
Adwoa Safo’s protracted absence from parliament had been a hot topic in 2022, igniting discussion across the country.
This problem arose after the 2022 budget was approved on November 26, 2021, when she left the country.
The MP for Dome-Kwabenya was referred to the Privileges Committee by Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, on April 4 for missing fifteen sitting days as a result of her protracted absence.
Her appointment was terminated by the president on July 29, 2023, in accordance with Article 81 of the Constitution. But after returning from the United States of America on November 11, 2022, she formally took up her parliamentary responsibilities again.
She took a further absence, but on February 7, 2023, she was back, making her debut in the House that year, where she has remained ever since.
