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A section of the public have heavily criticised New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, over the past week over his response to concerns about his cousin, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, appointing his family members into top positions in the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The critics were displeased with Gabby\u2019s comments, saying that it is an insult to the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n
Some have interpreted Gabby\u2019s comment to mean that Ghanaians, aside the family of Akufo-Addo, do not take education seriously.<\/p>\n
But did Gabby, who is described by some people as the unofficial prime minister of Ghana because of his supposed influence in the Akufo-Addo government, really mean or say this?<\/p>\n
The NPP stalwart, whose law firm has represented some private entities to claim judgement debts from the government, in a recent interview on Star FM, made the point that Akufo-Addo\u2019s grandfather fathered a lot of children who got head starts in life because he (the grandfather) took their education seriously.<\/p>\n
Speaking with Bola Ray on Starr Chat, he said\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026 Because they got education early at a time that just a minority of Ghanaians were getting education, it gave them, if you like, to a point a head start. I mean, that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just making the point that I don\u2019t know how many of you in this room have a grandfather who had over 100 children?\u2026 I did. Okay. How many? How many? How many (children) did your grandfather have?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201c\u2026 so really, that\u2019s the point I\u2019m making. Okay. But he was serious about his children\u2019s education. And because they grew up in a household where public service came as second nature, a lot of them went in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabby also pointed out that only one member of Akufo-Addo\u2019s family, Ken Ofori-Atta, who is the Minister for Finance, is a member of cabinet.<\/p>\n
He refuted assertions that the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, is a family relation of the president.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026 look, cabinet, how many ministers are there? How many ministers are related to Akufo-Addo? Tell me, how many ministers are related to Akufo-Addo? The road minister is not related. He\u2019s an MP. He was the coordinator of the president\u2019s campaign in the Eastern Region. First of all, he (the road minister) is not a family member okay, you\u2019ve mentioned one person, Ken Ofori-Atta. Ken Ofori-Atta actually resigned from his multimillion-dollar company to dedicate his life to Akufo-Addo\u2019s campaign; to the NPP.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, he\u2019s appointed and his appointment is just because he\u2019s family member; just forget the fact that he helped to raise money, he put resources in there (his own resources), he was a critical member of the campaign and he was a successful businessman, a private sector person, who has something to contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that Akufo-Addo cannot appoint his adversaries into government, saying \u201cPresident has about 6000 people to appoint. 6000 okay and then you talk about friends? Should he go and appoint his enemies? Can we talk about something else?\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch Gabby\u2019s comments in the videos below:<\/p>\n\n\n
A section of the public have heavily criticised New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, over the past week over his response to concerns about his cousin, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, appointing his family members into top positions in the government. The critics were displeased with Gabby\u2019s comments, saying that it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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