{"id":1270834,"date":"2022-12-28T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/28\/my-son-couldnt-differentiate-between-me-and-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T13:16:31","slug":"my-son-couldnt-differentiate-between-me-and-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/28\/my-son-couldnt-differentiate-between-me-and-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"My son couldn&#8217;t differentiate between me and Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-15-at-15.27.41-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"John Boadu\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NPP General Secretary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>John Boadu, the immediate-past General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said his defeat in the party\u2019s July Conference has proven to be part of God\u2019s plan, saying it has helped him grow closer to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Boadu was speaking with Emefa Apawu on JoyNews\u2019 The Probe Sunday. In the no-holds-barred interview, Mr Boadu for the first time touched on issues around the campaign that saw him being defeated by Justin Frimpong Kodua.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Boadu, even his own son was affected by his busy schedules as NPP General Secretary to the extent that the little boy and his schoolmates mistook him for se.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The seven-year-old boy approached his father and asked him whether he was Akufo-Addo or John Boadu because his mates in school have been saying it.<\/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.\u201d John Boadu revealed.<\/p>\n<p>He explained why he thinks his son has been affected by his work as General Secretary of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c.. 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 explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Boadu thanks his defeat by Justin Kodua for revealing to him how he was falling short in his fatherhood duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for this defeat I wouldn\u2019t have known,\u201d he said amid shock\u2026. \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 added.<\/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=\"dYcYzgx-hl4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Accommodation\/ Fees Arrangement - Adom TV News (27-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dYcYzgx-hl4?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>NPP General Secretary John Boadu, the immediate-past General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said his defeat in the party\u2019s July Conference has proven to be part of God\u2019s plan, saying it has helped him grow closer to his family. 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