Save the advice for your cousin

General news for Monday, November 23, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-11-23

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party, has been told to channel her energy and expertise into fine-tuning the campaign messages of the party’s presidential candidate rather than focusing on the Democratic National Congress presidential hopeful.

Gabby Otchere-Darko, in a post on social media, offered advice to John Dramani Mahama on how he should craft his campaign messages.

He noted that the message that John Mahama is spreading before the elections is not convincing as his record as president does not support it.

He explained that the NDC claims to be on a “rescue mission” of the economy, but the party’s performance while in power is at odds with his campaign message.

The lawyer reminded the NDC that had it not been the intervention of the IMF, the country’s economy would have collapsed under its watch.

Gabby Otchere-Darko tweeted: “A campaign message must be credible. Don’t promise to do something that voters know you can’t do. You asked outside hands to rescue the economy for you when you were in office. Now, you say you are on a “rescue mission” and should voters believe you? Be serious!”.

Felix Kwakye Ofosu, a former Vice Minister of Communications, asked Gabby to offer her services to her ‘cousin’ Nana Akufo-Addo.

“Save the advice on credible promises to your cousin, Akufo-Addo, who promised to restore the Korle lagoon and repopulate it with fish,” he tweeted.

The exchange between the two men was sparked by a comment from the NDC standard-bearer that the PNP government has mismanaged the economy.

Mahama defended his government’s decision to seek help from the IMF.

“They said that the economy has been the best we have had since independence. We have not been able to survive a month [of coronavirus]. If we hadn’t gone to the IMF for the $ 1 billion quick credit facility, it’s possible that in the next two months, wages probably wouldn’t have been paid. “

Save the advice on credible promises to your cousin, Akufo-Addo, who promised to restore the Korle lagoon and repopulate it with fish. https://t.co/Fqdm373HdG

– Felix Kwakye Ofosu (@ FelixKwakyeOfo1) November 23, 2020