Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party, has criticized former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, over allegations made against him in a report from March 2021. Otchere-Darko was accused of interfering with the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) in the […]
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IMF officials expected in Ghana on July 6 to assess bailout request
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to arrive in Ghana on Wednesday, July 6 to begin negotiations with government on the economic support it is seeking. The IMF officials – comprising senior officers from the Fund and local staff – will meet the Finance Ministry, the Economic Management Team and the […]
Gabby Otchere-Darko grabs top Commonwealth job in Ghana
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has been appointed the new chair of the Ghana hub of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC). CWEIC is a commercial, not-for-profit membership organisation with an official mandate from the Commonwealth Heads of Government to facilitate trade and investment throughout the 54 Commonwealth member nations. Otchere-Darko is one […]
Agyapa deal: Gabby sues Zita over ‘false’ claims on Agyapa Royalties Deal
Gabby Otchere Darko has sued former Information Minister Sabah Zita Benson for publishing ‘false’ claims against him in the Agyapa royalties deal. In a writ filed at the High Court, lawyers of Mr Otchere-Darko said the former Minister took to Facebook and made allegations of corrupt conduct against their client in the deal which has garnered […]
252 household toilets built in Osu, Chorkor, James Town and more-Gabby eulogises Mustapha Hamid
Inner City and Zongo Development Minister, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has earned praise from ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) strongman, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko. Gabby as the Danquah Institute Founder and private legal practitioner is affectionately called, describes the construction of some 252 household toilets in Osu, Jamestown, Chorkor, Adabraka and Korle-Gonno all in the Greater Accra […]
Revealed: Finance Minister has no bodyguard, donates salary to charity every month
It has emerged that Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta actually donates his monthly salary to charity since he took office in 2017. Ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) strongman, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko who made the revelation in a beautifully carved message eulogizing the Finance Minister who is celebrating his 60th Birthday today, said the Minister […]
There’s nothing wrong in being ‘connected’ – Gabby replies Felix Kwakye Ofosu
A close associate of President Nana Akufo-Addo has argued that it is no wrong to have affiliations with influential persons. Asare Otchere-Darko wrote on Facebook that “it is how ethically” these “connections” are used that matters. Gabby, as he is popularly called, expressed this view following what he describes as “relentless and calculated false propaganda […]
Gov’t spends $1 billion on electricity subsidy-Gabby reveals
A close associate of the President, Asare Otchere-Darko seems to be preparing the minds of Ghanaians to a proposal to increase electricity tariffs. This comes two days prior to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta’s expected presentation in Parliament, on the mid-year budget review. “Will you rather pay a little more for power or Gov’t should go […]
Full text: Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko explains why bank workers who lost their jobs will vote NPP in 2020
Yesterday, a good friend said to me that NPP cannot expect the bank workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the banking crisis to vote NPP in 2020. My response was: “I guess it is understandable. But, what about the over one million depositors who would have lost their savings completely had […]
Akufo-Addo sleeps 4 hours, wakes up at 5am and works 7 days a week; but idle NDC keeps peddling lies about him-Gabby
Ruling New Patriotic Party strongman and former Executive Director of Danquah Institute (DI), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of continuously creating and peddling falsehoods against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, the president is breaking his back for the country by sleeping less, waking up early and […]
Ghana, IMF relationship: Gabby Otchere-Darko chronicles how Mahama and NDC brought Ghana to its knees
We are out of the IMF now. It has not been an easy journey. Ghanaians, of no fault of their own, have had to sacrifice and endure austerity for four solid years all because the Govt then (under President John Mahama), poorly and recklessly managed the economy. Before we forget this is how it all […]
After paying for his surgery, Gabby Otchere-Darko adopts young boy who drank caustic soda
Ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) strongman and Editor-in-Chief of the Statesman Newspaper, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has adopted a young boy who accidentally drank caustic soda and had to undergo a life-saving surgery at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital. This was after he paid the medical bills for the surgery which has since been described by medical […]