{"id":364609,"date":"2017-10-24T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=364609"},"modified":"2017-10-24T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T09:55:09","slug":"im-amazed-pidgin-tweet-to-shatta-wale-went-viral-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/im-amazed-pidgin-tweet-to-shatta-wale-went-viral-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m amazed pidgin tweet to Shatta Wale went viral &#8211; Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has said he is amazed that his <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/17\/happy-birthday-come-visit-me-akufo-addo-to-shatta-wale\/\">recent tweet in pidgin<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to musician Shatta Wale, went viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;tYkYeN3MS0wqTruD3EownSoHpG8oyqYW&#8221;]According to him, the reach of his post prove how smartphones are promoting communication in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m amazed that the smartphone that you and I have in our hands today, is far powerful than the computers that landed man on the moon. I am no less intrigued that I have over 400,000 friends and followers, and a recent tweet wishing Shatta Wale a happy birthday in pidgin will go viral,\u201d president Akufo-Addo said while emphasizing the role of modern technology in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p>He made the comment at the opening of the National Cyber-Security Week, and the inauguration of the National Cyber-Security Inter-Ministerial Advisory Council, at the Accra International Conference Centre, in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Social media in Ghana went agog after President Akufo-Addo, for the first time, tweeted in pidgin to wish famed dance-hall sensation, Shatta Wale a happy birthday, and invite him to the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n<p>The post, which went viral, saw some criticize the presidency for the tweet, which they considered \u201cunpresidential\u201d while many others lauded the presidency for breaking its overly formal outlook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See the tweets below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-364612\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Shatta-Wale-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"shatta-wale-tweet\" width=\"404\" height=\"141\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-364613\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Shatta-Wale-tweet-1.jpg\" alt=\"shatta-wale-tweet-1\" width=\"420\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-364614\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Shatta-Wale-tweet-2.jpg\" alt=\"shatta-wale-tweet-2\" width=\"487\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has said he is amazed that his recent tweet in pidgin to musician Shatta Wale, went viral on social media. 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