The Gender Ministry has dismissed reports that the Minister, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has been dismissed.
The Ministry said it has not received any official letter that the Minister has been removed from office.
“We have not received any such official communication from the Presidency,” the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry told the state-owned wire service, GNA yesterday Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
The Ministry also asked the public to disregard such discussions in the media.
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There have been media reports that the Minister had been ‘fired’ for her absence in Parliament and the Ministry.
The Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, has for weeks been criticised in the media for ‘abandoning’ Parliament and the Ministry, with some people calling for her removal from office as Minister.
In October last year, a statement from the Presidency signed by the Director of Communications, Mr Eugene Arhin, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, had directed Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister of It explained that the Minister sought leave of absence for personal reasons and that the Caretaker-Minister would be in charge until further notice.