Sarah Adwoa Safo, former MP for Dome Kwabenya (L) and Gertrude Quashigah
Mawuli Kobla Asamani, Spokesperson for the late Gertrude Quashigah, has sounded a stern warning to Sarah Adwoa Safo to desist from making accusations and disparaging remarks about the former National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).
He made this call on Okay FM on March 21, 2025, while addressing allegations by Adwoa Safo that the late Gertrude Quashigah attempted to lure her into engaging in some underhand dealings to make money from the scheme.
“We are warning her, if she doesn’t stop jumping from one media platform to another to accuse Madam Gertrude falsely, we will match her boot for boot. How do you make such allegations against a dead person? How do you expect her to come and defend herself?
“Madam Gertrude served as National Coordinator of the GSFP working around the clock. Even when she was unwell, she was going to the office until her untimely passing in 2023,” he stated.
He continued to say that “All this time, where was she (Adwoa Safo)? Madam Quashigah carried out her responsibilities with the highest levels of integrity, dedication, and selflessness and so, we will not sit aloof for Adwoa Safo to damage her reputation,” he stated.
He dared the former legislator to present the audit she claimed she had conducted as evidence.
“Adwoa Safo should bring the so-called report from the audit she conducted as evidence. We are warning her to stop. If for nothing at all, she should have respect for the dead. She should let our dear Madam Gertrude rest in peace, else we will face her squarely,” he added.
Background
Gertrude Quashigah was appointed National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme in 2019. She played a key role in expanding the programme, which provides daily meals to schoolchildren to enhance education and nutrition.
Sarah Adwoa Safo, who previously served as Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, recently made allegations suggesting that the GSFP suffered mismanagement under her leadership.
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