{"id":1100479,"date":"2022-05-26T17:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/26\/akufo-addo-is-the-only-person-who-can-sack-me-adwoa-safo\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T17:50:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:50:24","slug":"akufo-addo-is-the-only-person-who-can-sack-me-adwoa-safo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/26\/akufo-addo-is-the-only-person-who-can-sack-me-adwoa-safo\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo is the only person who can sack me \u2013 Adwoa Safo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16185622-Copy-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Adwoa safo and akufo addo\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has stated that nobody can sack her from the ministerial position, except President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Adwoa-Safo said the prerogative to hire and fire in government is solely that of the President.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, she is calling the bluff of those asking for her to be fired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview on\u00a0<strong>JoyNews<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0<strong>The Pulse<\/strong>, Thursday,\u00a0May 26, with Blessed Sogah, the Dome-Kwabenya\u00a0legislator said President Akufo-Addo would not have allowed her to be absent if she didn\u2019t have just reason(s).<\/p>\n<p>She insisted that President knows her capabilities so well, for which reason he appointed her to work in his government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch attached video for the full interview<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pwZ4_1ze7m0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exclusive: Adwoa Safo speaks on family, NPP, absence from Parliament\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pwZ4_1ze7m0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe prerogative lies with the President, and he knows exactly what I am capable of doing and I have done for the party, what I have done for Parliament, and he knows that I won\u2019t intentionally abandon my duties if I had no just reasons, and he won\u2019t allow me to stay for the family if he didn\u2019t know exactly what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sarah-Adwoa-Safo-Dome-Kwabenya.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo-Addo is the only person who can sack me - Adwoa Safo\" class=\"wp-image-10032094182\" title=\"Akufo-Addo is the only person who can sack me - Adwoa Safo\"\/><figcaption>The Gender Minister, who is still not in the country, mentioned family as the cause of her absence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the same show, Sarah Adwoa Safo also disclosed that she has not been served any notice to appear before Parliament\u2019s Privileges Committee.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, she only heard about the issue for the first time during the interview. She added that no invitation has been sent to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to be served. I am not aware any such thing has been given to me. I am just hearing it from you. As we speak, I don\u2019t know that I have been invited.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, she says she will return to the country from the United States when her son is fit and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"AoKwAnVp6yQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Illegal Migration High in Bono And Ahafo regions - IOM - Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (26-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoKwAnVp6yQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has stated that nobody can sack her from the ministerial position, except President Akufo-Addo. Sarah Adwoa-Safo said the prerogative to hire and fire in government is solely that of the President. As a result, she is calling the bluff of those asking for her to be fired. 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