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General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has for the first time given Ghanaians a run down into his family background.

Speaking in an interview on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly called General Mosquito disclosed that some of his relatives trace their roots from neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire.

According to him, he has relatives in Cote d’Ivoire who have occupied influential positions in the country.

He indicated some of his relatives (cousins) have been elected as Mayors and another one happens to be a King in one of the provinces in the Ivorian nation.

“Yes, i've relatives there...Some of my distant cousins are Mayors there. I mean they hold other positions, even in the politics of Cote d’Ivoire…It’s the same family with a border separating us. My mother is from Ghana and my father is also from Ghana. It’s rather my grandparents who have dual nationality…To be honest with you, I become worried when something happens in Cote d’Ivoire because in a sense, I have relatives in their three major parties,” he told the host Kwami Sefa Kayi.

General Mosquito disclosed this tpo buttress the point that Ghanaians and Ivoirians are "one people" and must co-exist in peace and harmony.

To him, there should not be any bad blood between the two countries just because of a dispute over maritime boundary and exploration and exploitation of oil in commercial quantities.