The intermittent power supply, popularly known as ‘dumsor’ in Ghana, didn’t only hit Mahama’s administration but also was a catalyst for the fall of the NDC government in 2016.
The
fluctuation of electricity in Ghana during Mahama’s administration was a bitter
experience that sparked anger, political unrest, and demonstrations against the
NDC government.
It was a
perfect time and an opportunity for the NPP political party to use it against
the NDC, with an assurance that everything will be perfect and nothing like
that sort would never happen in Ghana again.
Who doesn’t
like the continuous flow of electric current? Nobody is prepared to pass
through such a bitter experience again, after the collapse of many businesses
and the loss of jobs, therefore, the NDC lost the elections to the NPP.
However, the
elders used to say that people mustn’t be happy over someone’s misfortune
because they don’t know what they might face tomorrow.
But in
politics, the story is different, the opposition always looks for something to
use against other political parties, therefore, the NPP got the best of the
‘dumsor’ inconveniences to using against the NDC.
The electricity crisis leads to protests in Accra. Some celebrities in the movie
industry were among the demonstrators, pouring insults on the former president,
John Mahama, requesting him to step down for a better government to take over
the crisis.
During the
demonstration, a Ghanaian film actress by the name of Yvonne Nelson, on her
Twitter page, led the protest against ‘Dumsor,’ with the hashtag
#DumsorMustStop but in the current crisis under the Nana Akufo Addo government,
the film actress is nowhere to be found.
What goes
around, comes around, the ‘dumsor’ problems the NPP used against the NDC have
come back to haunt them.
The question
many Ghanaians are asking is where are the demonstrators that poured insults on
John Mahama to do the same to Nana Akufo Addo?
Ghana indeed
is a miserable country that will not only be ruined by the impact of corruption
but also tribalism and nepotism.
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