{"id":431576,"date":"2017-10-24T02:14:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/24\/i-didnt-expect-shatta-wale-pidgin-tweet-to-go-viral-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-10-24T02:14:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:14:56","slug":"i-didnt-expect-shatta-wale-pidgin-tweet-to-go-viral-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/24\/i-didnt-expect-shatta-wale-pidgin-tweet-to-go-viral-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t expect Shatta Wale pidgin tweet to go viral \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday, 23 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/93737710.295.jpg\" alt=\"Shatta Wale Nana Addo Newly\" title=\"Shatta Wale Nana Addo Newly\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo and Shatta Wale<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508811296_359_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> On Tuesday, October 17, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo set social media ablaze when he sent a tweet wishing dancehall artiste Shatta Wale happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p>What made that tweet unique was that the President addressed the dancehall artiste in pidgin.<\/p>\n<p>It started as a simple request from dancehall artiste Shatta Wale on Twitter on October 13 to President Akufo-Addo. He asked the President, \u201cYour Excellency, Tuesday is my birthday ..what are you giving me ..@NAkufoAddo \u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Shatta Wale, born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. on October 17, 1984, turned 33, he received a rather exciting message from the President.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo wished the \u2018Taking Over\u2019 hit singer \u201cHappy birthday @shattawalegh!\u201d Shatta Wale would have been satisfied with the fact that the President recognized him on his birthday but the First Gentleman was not done yet. Taking things a notch higher and in pidgin, the President added that, \u201cYou for come visit me for Flagstaff House o!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overwhelmed by the message from President Akufo-Addo, the dancehall artiste swiftly responded, \u201cah! but @NAkufoAddo U be guy oo!! pidgin reply paaa&#8230;i feel you ruff..lol\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale thanked the President for the birthday message and noted that he will pay him a visit soon. \u201cThank you, your Excellency. I will follow the necessary procedures and pay a visit soon Mr President. I hope my land cruiser will be ready\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Your excellency tuesday is my birthday ..what are you giving me ..@NAkufoAddo ????????????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SHATTA WALE (@shattawalegh) October 13, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Happy birthday @shattawalegh! You for come visit me for Flagstaff House o!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) October 17, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking at the National Cyber Security Week at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Monday, the President highlighted the tweet he sent noting that, social media is far more powerful than the computers that landed the first man on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m no less intrigued that I have over 400,000 friends [and] followers and a recent tweet wishing Shatta Wale happy birthday in pidgin would go viral,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthe cars that we drive today are more computers on wheels than the mechanical beasts we used to drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: 24 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Monday, 23 October 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-10-23 President Akufo-Addo and Shatta Wale &#13; On Tuesday, October 17, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo set social media ablaze when he sent a tweet wishing dancehall artiste Shatta Wale happy birthday. 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