On February 14, 2023, President Akufo-Addo and Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, came together for a local school inauguration ceremony.Up to July 2022, Sarah Adwoa Safo served as the minister of gender, women, and social protection.After more than a year away on an extended leave from the ministry and a contentious absence from Parliament, President Akufo-Addo removed her of her duties.

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When President Akufo-Addo opened and turned over the Kwabenya Model Kindergarten School, the MP featured prominent in images released by the administration.BSW International built the facility for the residents of Kwabenya through the Ghana Education Service (GES).Adwoa Safo was captured holding the red tape along with other guests like the Education and Greater Accra Regional Ministers who were also in attendance.

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She was also seated on the dais with the Education Minister sandwiching her and the president.<img src="

alt=""/>President Akufo-Addo with Sarah Adwoa Safo and other ministers in his governmentIn comments during the launch, Akufo-Addo stressed the importance of quality and inclusive early childhood education, stating that it enables all children, irrespective of their physical, emotional,

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social or medical challenges, to come together at school, to play and learn together.He said the absence of this deprives the child of play and other critical things of childhood, like cognitive, motor, physical, social, emotional, core competencies and language development.

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It is for this reason that Mr Akufo-Addo said his government has embarked on the construction of some 350 kindergarten blocks, for which 160 have so far been completed while several dilapidated KG blocks have also been renovated but without mentioning numbers.

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“We will continue to invest in education, and help secure our country’s future, for these interventions are geared towards the growth and development of Ghana,” he stated adding “we are preparing our youth for the birth of a prosperous society – a society which creates opportunities for all its citizens, rewards creativity and enterprise, honesty and hard work.”The UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.

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2 explicitly seeks to ensure that, by 2030, all girls and boys will have access to early childhood care and development to prepare them for primary education.

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