A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has shared his views on the referral of Sarah Adwoa Safo, the former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, to the party’s disciplinary committee.

According to the veteran politician, Adwoa Safo should have spoken up about the difficulties and challenges she was facing, and communicated how things were not going well to the party’s leadership.

He continued by saying that if the party’s leadership had failed to listen to her, she should have proceeded to resign from the party rather than enduring such treatment.

“When she (Adwoa Safo) realised things were not going well, she should have come out earlier to talk about it and if the leadership failed to listen to her then she should have resigned,” he said on JoyNews on March 23, 2025.

Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe highlighted a major issue among politicians, noting that many are afraid to resign when they realize things have taken a turn for the worse in their respective parties.

He pointed out that when the values and beliefs they once held within the party no longer align and the party has gone astray, they should have the courage to step away.

“That is the problem of the Ghanaian politician, we fear to resign.”

His comments follow the referral of Adwoa Safo to the National Disciplinary Committee of the NPP for further action, following her recent media engagements regarding party issues.

Adwoa Safo in one of her media interviews described the NPP Election Review Committee, set up to review the party’s loss in the 2024 elections, headed by Prof. Mike Oquaye, as a “bogus” committee.

According to Adwoa Safo, the committee was intentionally formed to push certain candidates out and make way for a new presidential candidate. She questioned its credibility, stating:

“A very bogus committee. A committee is intentionally put together to find certain facts and push certain candidates out so that others can be favored. Do you call that a credible fact-finding committee?” she quizzed.

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Speaking on Joy News on March 20, 2025, she accused Prof. Mike Oquaye of being conflicted and incapable of presenting a fair report.

“If Prof. Mike Oquaye thinks he has integrity and credibility, I want him to include in his report because his son, Mike Oquaye Jnr., lost his seat. He should give us a detailed report on that.

“If he can do that with integrity, transparency, and without bias, I will accept any findings against Dr. Bawumia. Otherwise, the report is meaningless.

“Your backyard is burning, and yet you think the best person to lead a fact-finding committee that includes that very constituency, is you? Why not select an independent person? There are other credible members. I am attacking the chair, not other members. Couldn’t we have found someone else?” she questioned.

In a statement issued on March 20, 2025, and signed by the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, it was stated that Adwoa Safo's recent media engagement violated the party's directives.

This followed an earlier instruction from the party, which refrained its members from discussing internal party affairs in a manner that fostered negativity.

However, Adwoa Safo defied the orders

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