A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has called out the Chairman of the McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley for stating that challenges faced by stakeholders in Ghana’s private sector are due to failed government policies.
Speaking at the Ghana CEO Presidential Gala Dinner on November 7, 2024, Dr. McKorley categorically called out government policies that have impacted entrepreneurship in the country.
“I will be very blunt, government policies have really not helped the private sector. That is where we are sitting right now, and we have to be frank about it,” Dr. McKorley stated.
“If you want to do business in Ghana, you have to be prepared. Being a Ghanaian doing business in Ghana, you have to be brave,” he stressed.
In response, Mr Otchere-Darko expressed disappointment and shock. According to him, Mr Mckorley is one of the businesses in the country that have received massive support from the incumbent government. He suggested that without the government’s help Mr McKorley would not have been successfully in owning the largest salt concession being managed by Electrochem, a subsidiary of the McDan Group, on the continent.
In a post on X platform, he wrote, “I am perplexed! This is from an entrepreneur who enjoyed the full support of govt to own the largest salt concession in Africa, with the capacity to produce some $2bn of salt annually; a project that for 45yrs various govts failed to commercialise. Aghast!”