A junction where the lights are always on in Ghana!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Not again!

It breaks my heart to restart this blog because I was convinced the electricity problem had been resolved. But I guess that was not the case albeit the problem now is quite different!

Last 2 years the problem was blackout over at least 12 hrs in a day. So you know the lights will be off for a chunk of time. Now the lights go off at least 12 times in an hour! And your guess is as good as the next person's when the lights will go off again.

People are making bets as to when the lights will go off next and which electrical appliance will be wrecked next.

But there is an explanation to all of this:
The World Bank has given the Gov't of Ghana some millions of dollars to fix the grid which carries electricity to all paying and non-paying Ghanaians. But the question remains: DIDN'T THEY FACTOR IN THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE INTERRUPTIONS AND WE SHOULD BE TOLD AHEAD OF TIME!!