Prominent NPP member Gabby Asare Otchere Darko asserts that it is reasonable to criticize Akufo-Addo’s administration as a “family and friends government.”
He admits that the President has given some of his close friends and relatives positions in his administration.
Given the size of his family, Gabby Otchere Darko said he never objected to the John Dramani Mahama administration’s appointment of friends and family.
“I think that it is legitimate because there are family and friends in the government. I don’t think it’s a new thing because there are people in NPP who described John Mahama’s government as family and friends.
Of course, John Mahama’s grandfather didn’t have 110 kids like my grandfather did,” he said.
Touching on why the NPP castigated Mahama for having a family and friends government, Gabby Otchere Darko said, “I never castigated Mahama for having a family and friends government. I have over 3000 cousins, so why would I castigate someone for having family and friends in government?
Others did, but I could not have had a problem with that. For me, it will be difficult if they do not play any role in your pursuit of power, and all of a sudden, because of blood relations, that is a problem. But name me one person who has a place in the government and you could say that he or she was there just because of blood relation and not because of the contribution he or she made to the victory or after the victory or after the victory that person has something or nothing to contribute,” he stated.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
