The Northern Electricity Department of Volta River Authority (VRA/NED) has assured residents of Tamale and its environs that there will be no erratic power supply during the World Cup season.
This has allayed the fears of soccer fans in Tamale of some of who planned to use car batteries to watch the matches in case of any eventuality.
Head of Public and Community Relations of VRA/NEDco, Alhaji Mohammed Siam in a Citi News interview said there wouldn’t be power fluctuations throughout the soccer fiesta.
He said, “Over here I must assure you and you can find out that in our operations if there is any fault our men will stay and work till the fault is rectified; rarely do we push any fault to the following day unless it is a major fault.”
According to Alhaji Siam all technical staff on leave have been called back to be on standby to make sure that every problem is resolved before the World Cup begun.
Stockpiling their hopes on Ghana’s four nil against South Korea in a friendly match, some of the enthusiastic soccer fans anticipated that Ghana will elevate the Star of Africa by lifting the trophy.
Some Television repairers in the Tamale Metropolis including Musah Alhassan whose shop is by the Tamale Central Mosque took advantage of the upcoming World Cup to cash in ahead of the opening ceremony of the World Cup.
Some soccer fans whose television sets have slight problems rushed for immediate repairs.
It is the hope and prayer of every patriotic Ghanaian that the Black Stars will lift the trophy to brighten Ghana’s much touted accolade as the gateway to Africa.
By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana