{"id":105841,"date":"2015-04-07T10:51:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=105841"},"modified":"2015-04-07T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:43:08","slug":"take-back-your-light-ghanaians-sarcastically-tell-ecg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=105841","title":{"rendered":"Take back your light \u2013 Ghanaians sarcastically tell ECG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After enjoying a \u2018dumsor free\u2019 Easter with four full days of power supply, some Ghanaians took to social media on Tuesday\u00a0to ask the Electricity Company of Ghana to put the lights off.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;FDB8uYbHZZ3DErNqzUL6c9bpmygNVbN0&#8243;]Over the holidays, the lights stayed on across most parts of the country because the Ghana Grid Company <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/04\/02\/dumsor-ghana-to-buy-power-from-ivory-coast-for-easter\/#sthash.nG32i6C4.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>(GRIDCo) bought power from neighbouring Ivory Coast.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most Ghanaians are now apprehensive they will be plunged into darkness again soon but have been very sarcastic about it on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few comments on Twitter and Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Oh yeah, Easter is over let&#8217;s go to back to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dumsor?src=hash\">#Dumsor<\/a> wai.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ECG?src=hash\">#ECG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom-Chris Angel (@thomchris55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomchris55\/status\/585358036048420864\">April 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis weekend reminds me of the Ghana I used to know.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoPowerCuts?src=hash\">#NoPowerCuts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoDumsor?src=hash\">#NoDumsor<\/a> \u2014 Tom-Chris Angel (@thomchris55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomchris55\/status\/584828977337905154\">April 5, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Oh yeah, Easter is over let&#8217;s go to back to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dumsor?src=hash\">#Dumsor<\/a> wai.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ECG?src=hash\">#ECG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom-Chris Angel (@thomchris55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomchris55\/status\/585358036048420864\">April 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nNormal service resumes. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ECG?src=hash\">#ECG<\/a> \u2014 PK Trowlling (@papa_kwadwo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/papa_kwadwo\/status\/585151445491654656\">April 6, 2015<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nJust hang on unto dat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YamPhone?src=hash\">#YamPhone<\/a> because de holidays are over and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ECG?src=hash\">#ECG<\/a> will strike<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miliky Miicool (@MilikyM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MilikyM\/status\/585372671510188035\">April 7, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105831\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/51.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"510\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/51.jpg 510w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/51-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11131974_10206667855760156_1716152800_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105858\" 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