{"id":280227,"date":"2016-12-28T01:06:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T01:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=280227"},"modified":"2016-12-28T01:06:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T01:06:55","slug":"jon-benjamins-harmattan-joke-angers-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=280227","title":{"rendered":"Jon Benjamin&#8217;s Harmattan joke angers Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8f8ti\" data-offset-key=\"9sggh-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9sggh-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9sggh-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Some Ghanaians on Twitter are outraged by a tweet by the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, in which he seems to be taking a dig at the President John Mahama.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his seemingly innocuous tweet, Mr. Benjamin wondered if the dry dusty harmattan air had been ushered in by an inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaians on social media say Mr. Benjamin was just trolling President Mahama for his many inaugurations of projects ahead of the December 7 elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14b096bd-ddd2-4c1f-9eee-0e9971b5ffdf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-280228\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14b096bd-ddd2-4c1f-9eee-0e9971b5ffdf.jpg\" alt=\"14b096bd-ddd2-4c1f-9eee-0e9971b5ffdf\" width=\"612\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This rubbed some Ghanaians on Twitter the wrong way as they felt Mr. Benjamin had crossed the line by what they considered an insult to the sitting president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Capture-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280261\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Capture-6.png\" alt=\"capture\" width=\"634\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/d.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280254\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/d.png\" alt=\"d\" width=\"635\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Capture-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280252\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Capture-5.png\" alt=\"capture\" width=\"635\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/anger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280251\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/anger.png\" alt=\"anger\" width=\"638\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/queen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280244\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/queen.png\" alt=\"queen\" width=\"635\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Gh-only.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280234\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Gh-only.png\" alt=\"gh-only\" width=\"629\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280232\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/screenshot.png\" alt=\"screenshot\" width=\"631\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The angry reactions eventually compelled Mr. Benjamin to delete the tweet and sort of clarify his comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/gary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280263\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/gary.png\" alt=\"gary\" width=\"628\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/deleted.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280257\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/deleted.png\" alt=\"deleted\" width=\"633\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some others felt the whole thing was a storm in a tea cup given Ghanaians and cried double standards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280230\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ss.png\" alt=\"ss\" width=\"633\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defense.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280229\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defense.png\" alt=\"defense\" width=\"631\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trippin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280240\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trippin.png\" alt=\"trippin\" width=\"633\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/support.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280237\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/support.png\" alt=\"support\" width=\"637\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Others decided they weren&#8217;t going to be bothered by the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ignore.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280242\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ignore.png\" alt=\"ignore\" width=\"634\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Captures.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280236\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Captures.png\" alt=\"captures\" width=\"635\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Ghanaians on Twitter are outraged by a tweet by 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