Abeiku Santana denies holding media job while serving as Deputy GTA CEO

Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey, popularly known as Abeiku Santana, has dismissed allegations by former Deputy Tourism Minister, Mark Okraku-Mantey, that he is breaching Public Service Commission regulations by continuing media work while holding a public office.

In a Facebook post on May 4, 2025, Santana, who serves as Deputy CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority, described Okraku Mantey’s claims as ‘entirely false and misleading.’
“I wish to categorically state that the recent claim made by Mr Mark Okraku Mantey, alleging that I am still actively engaged in radio broadcasting despite my government appointment, is entirely false and misleading,” Santana wrote.

This comes after Okraku-Mantey had accused Santana of still working at Okay FM during public office hours, calling it unacceptable.

In a Joy FM interview, Okraku-Mantey criticised media personalities entering government while still active in broadcasting, contrasting Santana’s case with NPP’s Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who left media long before politics.
He also claimed the Ghanaian media is biased against the NPP, despite claims of neutrality.