Tema Residents Ordered To Stay Indoors Ahead Of Total Blackout For Chief’s Funeral

• Tema and its environs will be plunged into total darkness from 7pm to 12 midnight on Wednesday, October 26
• Residents have also been ordered to stay indoors within this period
• The blackout and the directive to residents to stay indoors is part of funeral rites of the late Osonnaa Nii Adjei Kraku

Residents of Tema and its environs will experience total blackout from 7pm to 12 midnight on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

This is part of the funeral rites of for the late Osonnaa Nii Adjei Kraku, and residents have been ordered to stay indoors within that period.

A memo sighted by YEN.com.gh from the Tema General Hospital to its staff explained that the directive from the traditional authorities is part of custom the Ga people to honour their departed chiefs.

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The hospital has therefore asked its staff scheduled for the night shift to report to work by 5pm local time.

“This is to enable the staff who will be handing over and those taking up perform such activities in good time to enable their colleagues return home before the total blackout,” the memo explained.

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Source: YEN.com.gh