The Minister for Gender and Social Safety, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has revealed the deep private toll of her controversial swearing-in incident, describing how public scrutiny shattered her introverted nature and left her emotionally devastated.
In an unique interview on JoyNews’ Persona Profile aired on Friday, Could 23, the soft-spoken authorities official broke her silence in regards to the 2025 incident that made nationwide headlines concerning her late arrival for the swearing-in ceremony.
On the time, Authorities Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu defined that officers accountable for organizing the occasion had been unfair to Dr. Lartey, as she was genuinely out of city on account of a household emergency however was compelled to return inside an unreasonably brief timeframe.
“It did break me,” Lartey confessed. “I’ve at all times been an introvert, not one to crave the highlight. I’m additionally very delicate, not the sort to deliberately search pointless consideration. If I stated it didn’t have an effect on me, I’d be mendacity. I used to be frightened, very frightened—particularly about individuals who knew me.”
The emotional scars stay seen as she recounts the aftermath: “I stored asking myself what I might have accomplished to stop the state of affairs.”
When pressed about whether or not she had defined herself to authorities, Dr. Lartey stated, “I don’t like too many excuses. If you happen to couldn’t do it, you couldn’t do it. The extra you clarify, the murkier it will get.”
She expressed gratitude to the federal government spokesperson who defended her on the time, and to the President for his leniency. “Let me use this platform to say a giant thanks to His Excellency. There have been so many selections he might have taken, however he gave me one other likelihood.”
