The Ghanaian government suggested a plan in 2020 that called for shares of a business called Agyapa Royalties Limited to be floated on the London Stock Exchange in order to raise money.

Civil society organizations and the opposition criticized this agreement harshly, saying it was a covert and corrupt agreement that would let politicians profit themselves at the expense of the nation.

Veteran journalist Kweku Baako later that year established that Gabby’s company had acted as transaction advisors to the government in the botched acquisition.