A ranking member of the governing New Patriotic Party( NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko in a recent submission has indicated that his comments about the Auditor General’s award were misinterpreted.
After receiving some serious criticisms, he has blamed popular Ghanaian media house, Joy FM for writing a misleading report.
The Integrity Personality of the Year was awarded to Auditor General Daniel Yaw Domelevo by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), and Mr Asare Otchere-Darko, while congratulating him, commented that if merely saving the country an amount of 60 million Cedis was what won him the award, then the bar for integrity had been lowered.
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This comment of his received much criticism from the public, with many giving him details and the total of the estimated amount of money saved the state by Mr Domelevo.
The outspoken former director of the Dankwah Institute in a recent Facebook post to address these criticisms stated that it was Joy FM that made him conclude that Mr Domelevo had been awarded because of the 60 million cedis the Auditor General saved the state through his work as Auditor General.
Gabby further made comments debunking claims by the same Joy FM that he said Mr Domelevo did not deserve the Integrity Personality Award.
Gabby’s post reads;
“I’m told Joy FM just reported that I have said the Auditor General does not deserve the Integrity Award because the bar was set too low. How could I congratulate a person I say is not deserving?
I congratulated him and I still stand by that. Joy FM was my source of information about the award and their news item cited some 60m savings. They should focus on their own news item on the matter and leave Domelevo to enjoy his deserving award.”
Source: ghgossip.com
