Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo Profile: Minister Designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection
Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. She was born on the 28th of December, 1981 in the Central Region of Ghana. She is the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana(The largest Constituency in Ghana). She was born to Ghanaian industrialist and pastor,…
Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. She was born on the 28th of December, 1981 in the Central Region of Ghana.
She is the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana(The largest Constituency in Ghana).
She was born to Ghanaian industrialist and pastor, Apostle Kwadwo Safo Katanka.
Let’s delve into her biography below.
Age
She was born on the 28th of December, 1981 in the Central Region of Ghana. She is 40 years old as of the year 2021.
Hometown
She hails from the Central Region of Ghana.
Personal Life
She had her wedding on the 17th of August 2019.
Education
She was home-tutored and passed her GCE A’ Level in 1998. When she was 17 years, she entered the University of Ghana Faculty of Law where she obtained Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.) degree in 2002.
She 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. She holds an LLM from George Washington University.
Career and Politics
She worked briefly with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Colombia, Washington DC in the United States.
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.
She was first elected as the member of parliament for Dome Kwabenya in 2012, then the years 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.
She was appointed Minister of State in charge of Government Procurement in 2017.
She is on the list presented to parliament for approval on 21st January 2021, by the president of Ghana Nana Akuffo-Addo, as the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection designate.
Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
She goes by the handle @sarahadwoasafo and Adwoa Sarfo on Facebook.
