Suicide Is Never An Answer, Let’s Keep Hope Alive – Mahama On Kasoa Electrocution

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to be steadfast and then brave in the current economic hardship that is also battling the country. His comment was in reaction to the news of a man who had committed suicide by electrocution on a high tension pylon in the Kasoa. The deceased, Kofi Kakra, a driver’s

mate, had cited the general economic difficulties and life’s struggles as the reasons for his decision to commit suicide. The Police were, subsequently, called to the scene but failed to convince the 24 year old to climb down. At around 5 pm, the man was seen swinging from one of the poles and a few minutes later stepped on a

high tension wire and was electrocuted. Taking to his social media page, the former President Mahama urged Ghanaians to not resort to suicide as an escape from the dire situation in the country. He called on Ghanaians to be each other’s keeper and keep hope alive. I returned from a trip to the sad news of Kakra who electrocuted

himself. Levels of hardship in Ghana are dire; worst in 3 decades. But suicide is never an answer. Even in the darkest night there’ll come dawn. The sun will rise again. Let’s be each other’s keeper & keep hope alive, he said.