I do not hate Honourable Kennedy Agyapong – Adwoa Safo

Former Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has openly declared her support for Vice President Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, describing him as key to her political future as the New Patriotic Party prepares for a leadership transition.

Speaking to party delegates and supporters, Ms Adwoa Safo called for unity, self-reflection, and strategic thinking within the party. “It is time for Bawumia,” she said.

She noted that political ambition is normal and acceptable among party members.

“I am a politician, and Honourable Kennedy Agyapong is also a politician. In the same way that Honourable Ken has his own opinions and ambitions, I also have my opinions, and I am pursuing my political career,” she stated.

Ms Adwoa Safo described the NPP as a broad party with close family ties at the grassroots level, stressing that leadership choices should be based on the long-term interest of the party rather than personal or emotional reasons.

She rejected suggestions that her support for Dr Bawumia is driven by personal animosity toward Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong.

“I do not hate Honourable Kennedy Agyapong,” she said. “We have two beautiful children together, one male and one female; therefore, I do not hate Honourable Kennedy Agyapong. This is not a matter of family and friends in the NPP party.”

Reflecting on the party’s recent electoral defeat, she urged the NPP to learn from its mistakes.

“We must learn lessons from our loss, which has rendered us in opposition,” she said, adding that one factor behind the defeat was the perception that family and friends were favoured while in government.

“While in government, we made that mistake, and it has cost us,” she noted.

Ms Adwoa Safo also highlighted her years of service to the party and the country.

“I started contesting as a Member of Parliament in 2007, and I have been a member of the party from that period up until now,” she said. “I have served as a Member of Parliament for twelve years; I have been a Deputy Majority Leader, a Minister for Procurement, and a Minister for Gender. The question is: have I not served?”

While acknowledging Mr Agyapong’s contributions to the party, she raised concerns about her political future should he become party leader and President.

“I have never said he is going to win this contest,” she said. “But let us assume he wins and becomes President, and he comes across my CV. Looking at the work I have done and how I have served this nation and my party, for someone I have two children with to consider appointing me as a minister would seem impossible; hell will break loose in this country. And the Kennedy Agyapong I know, with whom I have two children, would never do it. Therefore, my political career and future are at stake. My future lies with Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia,” she concluded…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>