Ghana by road: late night, drunk driver, and faith

The experience to Ghana by road was a roller coaster of experience, don’t forget it was already dark when leaving Togo around 8pm, we got to the Border where we all came down from the bus, we were asked for an order of mission which was to give us free passage without being charged or disturbed at the border but we don’t know we were supposed to do that, we had to plead and we were charged 50cfa then we proceeded to the Ghana border and we were charged 45cfa, that was the cheapest we paid on the trip for 14 people, we were also advised about the order of mission letter, we proceeded for another 6hours journey, we left the border around 1 am.

At about 3am we discovered that our driver was drunk, he was sleeping on the steering and going off the road, thank God few people were still awake who started engaging the driver, it got to a point we told him to park that we were not going again, we stayed another 10 minutes on the drama, finally his eyes were cleared and we proceeded, we got into Ghana at 8am trying to locate Grand Star hotel in Accra, and the event was for 4pm, on getting to the hotel some rooms were occupied so we had to seat at the reception till around 12 noon when we got a place, proceeded to have our bath and started heading for the venue because the children were already waiting, we went to Nyanyano-Kakraba, Kasoa in Ghana, through the help of Ibe-Wike O. Joshua who was an active volunteer despite his tight schedule for his forthcoming exams, we had to stay for two nights in Ghana because some of the team mate needed to rest and we also needed to get another driver and bus company to take us further because we can never dare to proceed with the drunk driver, I forgot to mention that Ghana Jollof rice made us very happy, some were able to eat a good food after few days, the holyspirit ask me to replace a particular team mate food with mine because I was the one sharing the food but I was asking myself why exchange the food when I was the one sharing and I can’t even see the content of the packed food, but I just obeyed afterwards, one of the team said how come I had two big chicken in my food while they had only one, then I understood that God wanted me to enjoy two chicken for the stress lol.

On the 13th, We went to circle in Ghana, where the major transport company was located, and someone recommended Opana transport services. We spent over 8hours negotiating the cost of the bus, and we finally agreed to pay 85,000 Ghc, which was about 8000 dollars, to take us all the way to Senegal; the transport arrangements didn’t allow us to go for any sightseeing in Ghana because it was already late. Those of us who went to get the bus was exhausted.

We all got up at 4 am because we planned to leave at 5 am, but some of the teammates came out 20 minutes late, so we had to leave at 5.30 am; everyone was happy about the comfort of the vehicle; we prayed and thanked some of the team members who donated. Kehinde Daramola gave 100 dollars, and Taiye Edeni paid the school fees of 15 pupils at Usman Dan secondary school in Bwari. A few minutes into the journey, Favour Udah got a phone call that she’d lost her Dad. It was devastating; suddenly, everyone became somber as we grieved with her. However, we needed to proceed with the tour because we had all signed not to turn back for any reason, the only place with an option to turn back to Nigeria was in Ghana.

In Ghana, we divinely met a french man named John Mark at the Hotel who was curious about what we do; after discussing with him, he donated 600 ghc and asked us to keep in touch with him if we needed anything. Also, Mr. Edeni donated 1000ghc for food; the team was able to rest, do some laundry, and reach out to their families. Don’t forget we left at 5.30 am for Abidjan; we heard that the border was closed and there was another border, so we had faith in God to help us pass through because four of our teammate were using ECOWAS passport, which was not allowed for a flight trip to Ivory Coast except they want to go back to Nigeria. We want everybody to be happy, so we are only left with the road option and hopeful for the best.