{"id":140870,"date":"2024-01-19T07:10:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T07:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/19\/i-have-influence-but-not-power-gabby-otchere-darko\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T07:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T07:10:30","slug":"i-have-influence-but-not-power-gabby-otchere-darko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/19\/i-have-influence-but-not-power-gabby-otchere-darko\/","title":{"rendered":"I have influence but not power \u2013 Gabby Otchere Darko \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Corporate lawyer and leading member of the New Patriot Party NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko has said he has influence but not power, contrary to the widely held view by a section of the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Otchere Darko cousin of President Akufo-Addo was described by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in November 2019, as the De Facto Prime Minister of Ghana in its 51 list of family, friends, and cronies of Akufo-Addo in government.<\/p>\n<p>Many believe that although he has no political appointment, he wields a lot of power in government circles as he\u2019s able to pull strings at will.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting to the issue in an interview with Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Starr FM Thursday, Gabby Otchere Darko said claims of the huge power he wields in government is nothing but a mere creation of political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI have influence but I don\u2019t have any power. You\u2019ve come to me a few times to get things done but couldn\u2019t help you. A powerful person makes decisions, and who can make things happen. Someone with influence will try to persuade but at the end of the day, the responsibility is not with me.,\u00a0 it is with the person who makes decisions. So that is the person with power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Kasapafmonline.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate lawyer and leading member of the New Patriot Party NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko has said he has influence but not power, contrary to the widely held view by a section of the public. 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