Speak Adwoa Safo, Speak!

For years, she was attacked and blamed for the challenges the NPP faced in Parliament. Some of us felt that, given the opportunities she had been given, she was being ungrateful.

We even thought her political career was over because she had committed unforgivable political sins.

Then, after enduring all thes, she continues to be blamed for the party’s defeat in her constituency.

She should be allowed to speak. No one should stop her from speaking. She was quiet when speaking couldn’t have hurt the party more. She deserves her own healing, and whoever gets mentioned, it serves them right.

Nana Addo is very much the architect of this. As the leader and appointing authority, he failed to protect his appointee and create the enabling environment for her to thrive.

In Parliament, the NPP leadership literally fought the Speaker in an attempt to get her removed. The same people who would go to war to prevent MPs intending to go independent from being sacked were desperately seeking Adwoa’s removal. I won’t fault them, and I won’t stop Adwoa from reclaiming her spot by spilling the beans too.

In opposition, a party seeking healing should allow people to speak up. It’s part of the healing process and an important aspect of gathering information to understand the causes of defeat and strategize a way back.

Such no-holds-back tell-it-all rants won’t collapse the party. In fact, the best time to do it is now, when the party’s acceptance is at an all-time low. It can’t do any more damage than has already been done, but it can be critical in the process of resolving issues and healing.

She deserves to restore her lost social capital and aura, no one should drown if legitimate tools to stay afloat exist. Let her speak.

On a lighter note, through all the interviews, from Asempa, Peace FM to Joy FM, one thing cuts across, the manual accent switch. It’s as if she remembers while speaking that she acquired some accents that needs to be used and then forgets right after. She’d switch for a word, pronounce T as L and then almost immediately, switch to full-scale Ghanaian mode and give the exact word it’s befitting T.

By Kofi Kyei – KofiPedia