Adwoa Safo fetes widows in her constituency
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome/Kwabenya, Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, also the Deputy Majority Leader, organised a programme to fete widows to mark May Day.
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Last Monday, she put smiles on the faces of the widows by dining with them at an event held in her constituency.
Ms Safo, who is also the Minister of State in charge of Procurement, also distributed half pieces of cloth to each of the over 1,000 widows that graced the occasion.
This is the third time in a row the minister has organised such an event for the widows in her constituency.
Challenges
The deputy Majority leader, commenting on the gesture told journalists that her motivation stemmed from her understanding of the challenges widows went through when their husbands kicked the bucket.
“Having practised law for over 10 years, I know the challenges women go through when their husbands die. Sometimes accessing the properties of their late husbands even becomes a challenge and they have to go up and down through the courts to get justice. Some also find it difficult to make ends meet. So, on a day [May Day] like this, I decided to share with them what God has blessed me with,” she noted.
Ms Safo also announced plans to register all the over 1,000 widows onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enable them to access quality health care.
She used the occasion to appeal to well-endowed Ghanaians to also lend a hand to the less privileged in society, especially widows.
