STORY BY
ADDOTEY MICHAEL
La and Teshie, one of the commercial hubs in Accra is experiencing the
highest unemployment rates in Accra as majority of the working age group spends
most of their time and days playing ‘bet and win’ and other gambling games due
to the instant pay off to get quick money to earn a living.
Many of the of the working age
class in La and Teshie spends almost 24hours at these gambling centers trying to win games for a
living in the name of instant pay off and easy to win when these two main towns
serves as one of the commercial hubs for businesses in the country.
Speaking with some of the game
players, we collected that these ‘bet and win’ games are one of the highest pay
off activities as they are able to win huge sums of money within a day, which
they claim is even more than bank managers’ monthly salaries. Why should I go
in for a job when I can earn more money within a day and weeks, they asked?
Most of the working age group told
B&LG news that, they are tired of the protocols of companies which is
demonstrated through demand of application letters, CVs, interviews,
probationary periods, working hours and days etc. as those protocols frustrates
them. ‘After we have sent all these documents they always told us that we would
be called back and that’s it, we never hear from them again’, they added.
Speaking with some of the
administrators of these BET and WIN games businesses, they said this generation
of the youth especially at LA and Teshie likes instant gratification and don’t
have patient to wait for a monthly salary. These two towns has been one of our
highest revenue generation points in these gambling businesses, they revealed.
Some representatives from selected
businesses in La and Teshie told B&LG news in an interview that these
protocols are systems put in place to get the right people, for the right job
and at the right time henceforth cannot be striked out from their systems of
procedures. These young people in these two locations are just lazy and don’t
want to go through the right channel to earn money but want the shortcuts in
life which is their problem but not the protocols, they added.
Finally they urged the government
and authorities to intervene to enable the youth to refrain from these ‘bet and
win’ games in order to increase productivity in the country and also put up
levies and taxes on these businesses to discourage people from moving into such
businesses.
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