{"id":1230054,"date":"2022-10-20T17:38:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T17:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/20\/suicide-is-never-the-answer-mahama-on-economic-challenges\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T17:38:53","slug":"suicide-is-never-the-answer-mahama-on-economic-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/20\/suicide-is-never-the-answer-mahama-on-economic-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Suicide is never the answer&#8221; &#8211; Mahama on economic challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mahama22.png\" alt=\"\" suicide=\"\" is=\"\" never=\"\" the=\"\" answer=\"\" mahama=\"\" on=\"\" economic=\"\" challenges=\"\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Suicide is never the answer&#8221; &#8211; Mahama on economic challenges <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to remain hopeful even in the face of economic hardship.<\/h2>\n<p>The former President in a post about the suicide of a man at Kasoa Galilea said suicide was not the answer to the economic challenges facing citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Related:\u00a0Kasoa: Man commits suicide on high voltage GRIDCo transmission line<\/p>\n<p>The man was seen in a widely circulated video on social media climbing a high-voltage transmission pylon.<\/p>\n<p>According to some eyewitnesses, he claimed he was tired of life before stepping on the transmission line and electrocuting himself.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on Friday (October 14, 2022) and the man was later identified as Kofi Kakra, a 24-year-old bus conductor (trotro mate).<\/p>\n<p>Galilea is located after the Kasoa toll booth on the way from Weija to Kasoa in the Ga South District of Greater Accra.<\/p>\n<p>He said the &#8220;current levels of hardship in Ghana is dire and probably the worst we have ever experienced in the last three decades&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Former President Mahama\u00a0posted: <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I returned from a trip to hear the sad news of Kakra who killed himself by electrocution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current levels of hardship in Ghana is dire and probably the worst we have ever experienced in the last three decades, but suicide is never the answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even in the darkest night, there will always come the dawn. The sun will rise again. Let&#8217;s be each others keeper. 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The former President in a post about the suicide of a man at Kasoa Galilea said suicide was not the answer to the economic challenges facing citizens. 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