{"id":1153236,"date":"2022-07-19T15:52:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/19\/john-boadu-was-only-popular-in-the-media-he-was-arrogant-within-the-party-akamba-claims-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:52:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:52:27","slug":"john-boadu-was-only-popular-in-the-media-he-was-arrogant-within-the-party-akamba-claims-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/19\/john-boadu-was-only-popular-in-the-media-he-was-arrogant-within-the-party-akamba-claims-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"John Boadu Was Only Popular In The Media; He Was \u201cArrogant\u201d Within The Party \u2013 Akamba Claims | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>National Organiser of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Akamba, has answered some questions pertaining to John Boadu losing the General Secretary position.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>According to him, John Boadu\u2019s surprising defeat was due to his posture within his party.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>He told <strong>NEAT FM<\/strong>\u2019s morning show, &#8216;<strong>Ghana Montie&#8217;<\/strong>, in an interview that, the widely known John Boadu was a \u2018ghost\u2019 in his party.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>\u201cHe was only popular on social media and in the media,\u201d<\/em> he said \u2013 explaining that, <em>\u201che had no connection with the grassroot members of the party.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Adding that, <em>\u201che was arrogant within the party.\u201d<\/em> <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>NPP held its National Delegates Conference last weekend to elect national officers for the next four years as it looks forward to breaking the 8-year power cycle jinx in Ghana\u2019s politics.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>One position which was of keen interest to many was the General Secretary position, which was highly contested between the then incumbent, John Boadu\u00a0and eventual winner, Justin Frimpong Kodua.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Justin Frimpong Kodua aka JFK gave John Boadu a good contest and eventually emerged as a winner.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>John Boadu before the election had overwhelming support from some regional Chairmen which gave him the confidence of a victory \u2013 but the majority of the delegates already had their plans of voting him out.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>However, Joshua\u00a0Hamidu\u00a0Akamba claims the support of the regional Chairmen led by the Ashanti regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi was a \u201cwrong move\u201d.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>\u201cThe Chairmen were even arrogant when declaring their support for him, you cannot tell the delegates what to do. 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