Incumbent Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo has been retained as the parliamentary candidate for the Dome Kwabenya Constituency ahead of the Election 2020.
Sarah Adwoa Safo in a slim margin, beat Micheal Oquaye Jnr. for the second term to retain the seat.
Sarah Adwoa Safo – 496
Micheal Oquaye Jnr – 488
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Safo Adwoa career Adwoa is a lawyer by profession from Ghana School of Law and University of Washington School of Law.
Before she joined politics early in 2013, Safo Adwoa has been an active lawyer fighting for the integrity of Ghanaian citizens and other countries in Africa. After her Master’s program in the United States of America, she worked from the office of the Attorney General in the civil department.
Afterwards, while in USA, she founded the Public Procurement Authority and acted as the legal office. Through this authority, Adwoa played a leading role in introducing appeals and complaints panels, which entirely transformed the Public Procurement Board in the USA to Public Procurement Authority.
When she returned home, she worked as a mediator in the mediation committee for legal aid board of Ghana. Adwoa then worked as the first legal officer in Ghana Public Procurement Authority. She did a number of things, which led to the formation of complaints panels that consequently resulted in changing of public procurement board to Public Procurement Authority. Adwoa also served in the following dockets in Ghana; 2006-2008 legal officer in the public procurement office 2006-2007 legal practitioner in the legal aid board and 2008- 2011 legal practitioner in Zoe Akyea and Co. Safo Adwoa political career Hon. Safo Adwoa was first elected as a Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya Constituency in 2012 under the ticket of New Patriotic Party. She has been a strong and vocal parliamentarian among the female politicians in Ghana. She was re-elected to parliament in 2016. Currently, Safo Adwoa is serving as appointed minister of state and government procurement under the Government of President Nana Akufo Addo.
Alongside being a minister, she is also the deputy majority leader in parliament. Adwoa was also elected as a vice chairperson in the appointments and business committees of parliament. She is among the most successful female politicians in Ghana.
