{"id":1245916,"date":"2022-11-07T15:39:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/07\/adwoa-safos-first-public-statement-after-return-to-ghana\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:39:12","slug":"adwoa-safos-first-public-statement-after-return-to-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/07\/adwoa-safos-first-public-statement-after-return-to-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Adwoa Safo&#8217;s first public statement after return to Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2020-Budget-in-Parliament-6-696x464.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Adwoa Safo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Adwoa Safo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Embattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo, has revealed 2021 was a very challenging year for her and her family.<\/p>\n<p>The former Gender Minister, however, did not openly speak on what the issue was.<\/p>\n<p>Miss Safo said this during a thanksgiving service on Sunday to make what may be her first public statement following her return to Ghana last week after months of absence.<\/p>\n<p>The MP worshipped at the Ebenezer Congregation of the\u00a0Presbyterian Church of Ghana\u00a0at Dome-CFC with family and loved ones. <\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged God for her victory and protection throughout the challenging times. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year was a very challenging year for me, my husband and my children but He pulled us through it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The MP has come under fire for continuously abandoning her parliamentary duties, with the House set to debate and decide in the coming days whether her seat should be declared vacant or not.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Speaker of Parliament ruled\u00a0that the report from the Privileges Committee cannot be automatic to declare Adwoa Safo\u2018s seat vacant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Majority heads to Supreme Court over Adwoa Safo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adwoa Safo returns to Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Alban Bagbin indicated that his ruling was based on petitions submitted to him on the absenteeism of the parliamentarian.<\/p>\n<p>The MP requested for leave of absence in 2021 to attend to personal issues.<\/p>\n<p>But a statement on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, signed and issued by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, explained that Miss Safo\u2019s leave was to have ended on August 31, 2021, but was further extended indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Miss Safo was subsequently stripped of her role as Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection.<\/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=\"hAVvslczdec\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Remembering Service Men and more -  Badwam News on Adom TV (7-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hAVvslczdec?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>Sarah Adwoa Safo Embattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo, has revealed 2021 was a very challenging year for her and her family. The former Gender Minister, however, did not openly speak on what the issue was. 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