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General News

[ 2017-03-15 ]

Dome/Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo

Adwoa Safo appointed Minister of State
President Nana Akufo Addo has appointd Member of
Parliament for Dome/Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo as
Minister of State in charge of Procurement at the
Presidency.

Hon. Adwoa Safo until her nomination was the
deputy Majority Leader of the Parliament of
Ghana.

She was the first female MP in Ghana to ascend to
the number 2 position of the Majority front.

Adwoa Safo, a legal practitioner and daughter of
Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo, one of Ghana’s renowned
technologist, philanthropist and industrialist,
was born on December 28, 1981.

‘She had her basic education under the tutelage
of her father. At age 17 she entered the
University of Ghana after passing her Ordinary and
Advanced Levels’ General Certificate of
Education Examination Certificates non-formally.

At the University of Ghana, Adwoa studied law and
graduated with a Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.) degree
in 2002. She then continued to the Ghana School of
Law and was called to the Bar in October 2004 t
age of 22, making her the youngest lawyer ever to
be called to the Ghana Bar. This record she held
and still holds in the annals of the Ghana School
of Law.

At the University of Ghana, Adwoa was the Vice
President of the LawBallot pix Student’s Union
(LSU) for the 2001-2002 academic year, a position
she held to the admiration of the then Dean of the
Faculty of Law, Prof. Akua Kwenyehia. She was also
a member of the Volta Hall Judicial Committee from
2001 – 2002.

She furthered her education at the George
Washington University Law School in the United
States where she obtained a Masters of Law Degree
(LLM) in Government Procurement Law in 2005. She
worked briefly with the Office of the Attorney
General for the District of Colombia, Washington
DC in the United States and thereafter returned to
Ghana to serve her nation.

She was the first legal advisor to the Legal
Department of the PPA, Ghana. She further acted as
the secretary to the Board and advised the Board
and the Secretariat on legal issues. She was
instrumental in the formulation of the proposals
that formed the basis for the creation of the
Appeal and Complaint Panel of the PPA and the
change in the name Public Procurement Board to
Public Procurement Authority.

Source - kasapafmonline.com



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