{"id":1270546,"date":"2022-12-27T17:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/27\/i-miss-my-former-role-but-i-am-relieved-john-boadu\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:47:28","slug":"i-miss-my-former-role-but-i-am-relieved-john-boadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/27\/i-miss-my-former-role-but-i-am-relieved-john-boadu\/","title":{"rendered":"I miss my former role; but I am relieved \u2013 John Boadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/John-Boadu_2-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"John Boadu_2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>There is a silver lining in every cloud and the former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu seems to have discovered his after suffering a shocking defeat in July.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking publicly for the first time since being voted out of office, the politician said he was grateful to be relieved of \u201cthe kind of burden\u201d that came with the role.<\/p>\n<p>While admitting that he sometimes misses his former job, he noted that now he has time to bond with his family, especially his 7-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was missing a lot, I didn\u2019t even know,\u201d he told Emefa Apawu on JoyNews\u2019 The Probe on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Boadu further went on to narrate how his youngest son confused him with President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeeks ago, my son asked me \u2018Daddy are you John Boadu or Nana Akufo-Addo?\u2019 I was confused and asked him \u2018Why are you asking me this question?\u2019 he said one of his mates asked him whether his father is John Boadu or Nana Akufo-Addo. So I asked him what answer he gave and my son said he doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is because he sees me once in a while. In the morning some people come to my house, we have a meeting, and we leave and return in a week\u2019s time. Sometimes I return and he\u2019s gone to school so there was little interaction. So I can only imagine what my elder children went through,\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n<p>Although Mr Boadu\u2019s 7-year-old sought to get clarity from his father, the politician saw the innocent question as a wake-up call to up his fatherly duty roles in his son\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for this defeat I wouldn\u2019t have known,\u201d he said amid shock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think all these things are God\u2019s plan to shape you in order for you to understand some things. Now I help him with his homework, I go to his PTA [Parent Teacher Association] meetings, I get in touch with teachers and I think that I need that kind of atmosphere as well,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken politician in the one-hour interview said despite his defeat he is still committed to the party and will support the NPP from behind the scenes to \u2018Break the 8\u2019 as promised.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Boadu lost to Justin Frimpong Koduah, alias JFK in the keenly contested election held at the Accra Sports Stadium in July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>JFK polled 2,857 votes to beat Mr Boadu who obtained 2,524 votes out of the total 5,556 votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"BblrB9cpEUc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boxing Day Special (Day 2) - Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (27-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BblrB9cpEUc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a silver lining in every cloud and the former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu seems to have discovered his after suffering a shocking defeat in July. 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