The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has clarified the circumstances surrounding the recent power disconnection at Kejetia Market, following a report by Ghanaian Watch titled ‘Dumsor’ Strikes Kejetia Market for Days, Wreaks Havoc – Traders Face Business Collapse, Drivers Lose Passengers.
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Frequent power outages, commonly known as dumsor, are crippling business activities at Kumasi’s Kejetia Market, leaving traders and transport operators counting their losses.
Prologue: The Paper That Stole a Future
Inside a cramped room in Kumasi, 24-year-old Emmanuel Osei grips a crumpled pink receipt. The print reads: “Ghana Police Recruitment Form – GH¢200.” For Emmanuel, that piece of paper cost more than cash. To pay for it, he sold his late father’s funeral beads.
“They said this would change my life,” he murmurs. “Now I’m worse off than before.”
He is not alone. In 2023, 182,000 Ghanaians purchased police forms. Only 4,500 made it into the service – a meagre 2.5% acceptance rate, slimmer than Oxford University’s. Behind these figures is a shadow industry that thrives on desperation, preys on the poor, and leaves broken dreams in its wake.
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