Shock as staff of Volta Region Education Directorate forced to work without electricity

In an age where electricity has become the livewire of every activity, it is surprising when you are told that the regional office of a major state institute has been without power for days.

It all started on the evening of September 21 when Ghana was celebrating the birthday of the Founder of this great nation.

That evening the offices of the Volta Regional Education Directorate went dark and were still in darkness as at Friday September 28, 2018. The situation like you would expect was affecting operations of the office with the personnel forced to work without electric power.

The situation has adversely affected productivity at the regional offices with most members of the public who turned up at the offices to carry out transactions returning home disappointed. The interesting thing is that some of the people who turned up at the offices are teachers came from very far distances and so their journeys took hours and had to forego a day’s work without any result; meaning they would have to return on a later date to carry out whatever activity had brought them to the offices.

Persons close to the directorate describe the situation as murky and unfortunate. According to them, attempts to get some explanation for the situation, have been unsuccessful hence are yet to be told what is responsible for the blackout.

I have also made several attempts to get an officer to comment on the situation without success even though they confirmed the situation. Interestingly, some persons you expect to have answers are still in search of explanations.

Whiles, some suspect that the office may be cash trapped and unable to buy credit, others sense government’s subvention to the office may have delayed.

It is however unclear when power supply to the office would be restored.

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