Lights Off

No you are not in prison or army training, you are in Ghana, constant power cuts is the norm we have the akosombo hydro electric plant, apparently we supply electricity to other countries so how come we cant power our small country? http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-747988.0.html here is an excerpt from the article if you cant be bothered to follow the link, "Speaking at the ceremony during which an agreement to that effect was signed in Lome, Togo, the Managing Director of the ECG, Mr Anthony Gyampo, reiterated that the ECG had enough power to supply to households in Ghana and put the country’s power penetration at 70 per cent. " RUBBISH! the people of Ghana will beg to differ. Yes we have powered the rich and powerful's households, we have some left so lets sell it to our neighbouring countries and forget about the rest of the Ghanaian population THAT is what it sounds to me!

Does the Government actually know the true cost of these so called lights off in terms of revenue? the cost to businesses? not to mention how it affects the quality of life of the average Ghanaian, how much food go waste in a country where making ends meet is such a struggle imagine a situation where a family's whole week's food ends up in the bin because of power cuts? credit goes to my beloved fellow Ghanaians one has to love them for their longsuffering, they take it all in their stride, they have resigned themselves to the fact that there is nothing they can do about it, the only time they say anything about it is the whole neighbourhood goes OHHHHHH!!!! in unison when the lights go off, and EEEEHHHHH!!!!! in union celebration when the power comes back, this happens every single time.