A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has hit back at the flagbearer of All Peoples Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga.
"I hear an "opposition" presidential candidate has started attacking Nduom and Nana Addo. He says at 72, the latter should not be staying in the house his father built. Is this supposed to be an attack?!? If Nana Addo, one of Ghana's most successful lawyers, were materialistic he would have probably owned 30 houses by now plus others abroad" he wrote on his facebook page.
This follows comments made by Hassan Ayariga against the flagbearers of the NPP, Nana Akufo Addo and the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Paa Kwesi Nduom.
Speaking in an interview on an Accra-based radio station, the APC flagbearer described himself as the best candidate to win the 2016 elections.
According to him, “I made my first $1million at the age of 24 without working with any government. I have never been in a government position; I have never worked as a Minister for you to say I have stolen government money. I built my first house at the age of 22…; at age 72, my senior and my father, Nana Akufo-Addo, is still living in his father’s house. At this age 72, I would have retired from politics and been advising young men of this country to move this country forward and not contest with them anymore....So, if they go round telling Ghanaians Ghana is in crisis and Ghana has become a difficult place for us to live and that we need a change, yes, let’s accept and believe that we need change but that change will not be a change from the NDC to any of them because if Ghana is in crisis, these people are part of the problem why Ghana is in crisis today, because they were given the opportunity to serve and have served,”
However, Gabby disagrees.
This is what he said on his facebook page said:
I hear an "opposition" presidential candidate has started attacking Nduom and Nana Addo. He says at 72, the latter should not be staying in the house his father built. Is this supposed to be an attack?!? If Nana Addo, one of Ghana's most successful lawyers, were materialistic he would have probably owned 30 houses by now plus others abroad.
What he has done is to improve upon what his father left him, dedicating all his energies to pursuing happiness for the greatest number of people. He is overly generous with whatever wealth he gets. He is not greedy. He does not possess even a credit card and does not have a foreign account.
Yes! He owns three houses, one built by his father (Nima), another built by his mother (Kyebi) and one he built (East Legon), where he lived as MP and Minister. Ghana is blessed to have in 2017 a president who is not driven by material things for himself but for all citizens of his nation. He is honest, he is selfless and he is not corrupt. He is just a simple man, with a big heart and a big mind.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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All the insults at Ayariga are baseless. There is sense in what he said. He is a grandfather and yet still living in his father's house. It amounts to to irresponsibility not that he is honest and did not want material things. He led a reckless life by even selling his father's ill-gotten houses abroad. His mind now is to win the elections, become President and recoup the money he misappropriated from his father's houses he sold. He also wants State burial. He is a proud man but now that he wants to win elections he is forcing to be a humble man. He ever said that he never suffered in life and how can a man who never suffered know how to take of the suffering people. Boot lickers like Otchere-Darko should stop attacking Ayariga because truth pains.
I think this Ayiriga guy is a closet NDC. Besides I suspect he is vying for the unenviable title of Ghana's Donald Trump.
Ayariga is a comedian. It's about time Ghana took it's politics seriously by shutting some of these uneducated and unintelligent graduates
Gabby this is an excellent response to an ignoramus like assan ayariga. well done for such a piece
The chips are gradually falling into place by the utterance of some so-called Presidential candidates of some pseudo-parties. People Hassan Ayariga shows he has been contracted to run Nana Addo down so that JDM can have a trouble free run. It is we Africans who pride ourselves with the material things such as houses and cars. How many businesses of repute has our "Honorable" aspirant put up to give work to the teeming youth so that we can go there and look for work? If Nana Addo is living in his father's house, has the accuser found out how many siblings the accused has and how come the 'properties"of the father is with only one child. Go to the late Prof Mills "Dzi wo fie asem" Has he asked his friend Dr. Henry Lartey another aspirant running at the behest of JDM, if he has ever formed a party? Is a political party a family inheritance? What has Dr. Henry Lartey achieved for himself and Ghana which is of significance such that he can roundly run down Nana Addo? He cannot even look after his beard, his party let alone Ghana. Ayariga with his fake PhD, thinks that this time, he would be allowed to do comic things such as the non existent persistent coughs.
Indeed, Ghana needs a selfless leader like Nana Addo who is not driven by material things. JDM is so overwhelmed by the trappings of power that his utterances betray him. Using three choppers for campaigns, riding motor bikes etc he behaves like Vladimir Putin, God will remove him to set Ghana free. Ayariga, you speak and look like an id-ot. An appendage of the NDC, go and chop the money given to you in silence. Nana Addo is an accomplished lawyer...my goodness, anyway you sound like an illiterate so you may not even appreciate a case in law. F-OL
All those who seem to support Ayariga may be having some mental challenges and need to beexamined. This is because what he said, should not have come from a matured person who is politicking to become a leader of a country. For Ayariga's political advisers and campaign aides, please work on him.
Massa; there is no need for your rather ***barred word*** comments ; this is a family matter besides if the siblings are not satisfied they can go to court and challege Nana Addo ; do you Nana Addos father died without a WILL because the father was a lawyer who may have apportioned the properties befor he died and what about this ***barred word*** that the property at East legon is the name of Mrs Becky Nana Addo ; people build houses and put the names of their wives on the property all the gtime ; Jon Mahama has so many children do you think Jon Mahama will not buy or build a house for these women ; please check your facts before you come out with such flaaaatuuuleence ; for your information nobody has a permit to build in that part of east legon because that land is government but under serious dispute with the original owners of the land ; the land was bought by Kwame Nkrumah long ago meant for factories ; besides these lands come under most plane landing routes and therefore no buildings atre allowed ; most of lands and its inhabitants or property owners live thaere at their own RISK ; the lands department will not issue a permit for that area -NO PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT AREA HAS A PERMIT TO BUILD so askling Gabby to produce a permit shows your own ignorance of the area ; WHat is your problem if Nana has no house ; think about yourself ; do you think if you build 100 houses you shall take these houses in your grave when you DIE !!!!!!!!; have heard anybody with 30 houses take their house into the grave ; Nana Addo has only three daughters unlike Jon Mahama who has so many children he cannot even count them needs to house all these children and the woman; you see the reasons why Jon Mahama today is been accused of stilling and corruption because he need the money to house all his children afterall most people who die with so many children end up with bitterness and fighting amongst their children after their death ; go to Accra and Kumasi.
nana addo generous can okyere datko tell ghanaians how many institutions did nana addo donated money or anything to ? nana addo is broke and want to be president at all cost