{"id":220509,"date":"2024-09-25T08:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T08:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/25\/i-see-and-feel-how-tough-things-are-for-the-average-ghanaian-gabby-admits\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T08:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T08:32:38","slug":"i-see-and-feel-how-tough-things-are-for-the-average-ghanaian-gabby-admits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/25\/i-see-and-feel-how-tough-things-are-for-the-average-ghanaian-gabby-admits\/","title":{"rendered":"I see and feel how tough things are for the average Ghanaian \u2013 Gabby admits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/721\/72115376.295.jpg\" alt=\"Leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko\" title=\"Leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, in September 2022 agreed that the country was under poor living conditions as the cost of basic amenities kept increasing.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, &#8220;I see, I feel how tough things are, especially for the average Ghanaian. I see how tough it is for Govt and the constant struggle to keep bills paid, kids in school, our lights on, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Read the full story originally published on September 25, 2022 by GhanaWeb<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has once again admitted that times are hard following his recent comment that the government and Ministry of Finance deserved praise for handling the economy despite the turbulence.<\/p>\n<p>Gabby on Saturday, September 24, responded to Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at the John Hopkins University in the United States, who has in recent months painted a gloomy photo of Ghana\u2019s economy relative to inflation and the depreciating Cedi.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Hanke had suggested in a tweet that Gabby must be living on a different planet to suggest that the government and Finance Ministry deserved praise for handling of the economy despite an economic crunch.<\/p>\n<p>Gabby&#8217;s response dealt with three specific indices &#8211; his location, his views about the Ghanaian economy and the living conditions of citizens as well as how he approaches the issues at hand.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the &#8216;living on another planet&#8217; jibe by Hanke, Gabby said in a tweet quoting Hanke&#8217;s critique: &#8220;I live on the part of this planet called Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the economy, he stated: &#8220;I see, I feel how tough things are, especially for the average Ghanaian. I see how tough it is for Govt and the constant struggle to keep bills paid, kids in school, our lights on, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom,&#8221; his post concluded.<\/p>\n<p>I live on the part of this planet called Ghana. I see, I feel how tough things are, especially for the average Ghanaian. I see how tough it is for Govt and the constant struggle to keep bills paid, kids in school, our lights on etc. I don\u2019t sit far away behind my PC typing doom. https:\/\/t.co\/oO7cQSEkhI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) September 24, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, in September 2022 agreed that the country was under poor living conditions as the cost of basic amenities kept increasing. 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