{"id":257431,"date":"2024-11-28T21:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/we-are-voting-for-change-not-an-interchange-gabbys-2016-tweet-pops-up\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T21:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:32:29","slug":"we-are-voting-for-change-not-an-interchange-gabbys-2016-tweet-pops-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/we-are-voting-for-change-not-an-interchange-gabbys-2016-tweet-pops-up\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We are voting for change, not an interchange&#8221; \u2013 Gabby\u2019s 2016 tweet pops up"},"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=\"Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko\" title=\"Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>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 social media post by New Patriotic Party stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, from 2016 has become a subject of reference in the heat of the ongoing 2024 presidential and parliamentary campaign.<\/p>\n<p>On November 28, 2016, a few days before the general elections, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko took to his Facebook page to urge Ghanaians not to be swayed by the then-ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>He urged that while the NDC pointed to infrastructural development as part of its achievements, issues such as unemployment, economic hardships and corruption should be key determinants in voter decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let the ruling party divert your attention. This election is about worsening unemployment, economic hardships, corrupt and incompetence leadership. We are voting for change and not for an interchange,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly eight years down the line, Gabby, whose cousin, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will be handing over to the new president elected by Ghanaians on December 7, 2024, has become a talking point again after his old post resurfaced online.<\/p>\n<p>While the private legal practitioner has been making a case for the NPP\u2019s presidential candidate, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, his critics believe the statement from 2016 still holds true but does not favour the current government.<\/p>\n<p><b>See the old post below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/269\/26918399.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/650\/65074184.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GA\/AE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko A social media post by New Patriotic Party stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, from 2016 has become a subject of reference in the heat of the ongoing 2024 presidential and parliamentary campaign. On November 28, 2016, a few days before the general elections, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko took to his Facebook page to urge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;We are voting for change, not an interchange&quot; \u2013 Gabby\u2019s 2016 tweet pops up - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/we-are-voting-for-change-not-an-interchange-gabbys-2016-tweet-pops-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;We are voting for change, not an interchange&quot; \u2013 Gabby\u2019s 2016 tweet pops up - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko A social media post by New Patriotic Party stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, from 2016 has become a subject of reference in the heat of the ongoing 2024 presidential and parliamentary campaign. 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