The Chairman of Ghana�s Electoral Commission has given a rare opportunity to us to get a little insight of his life beyond organizing national elections.
Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, speaking on his private life, he has blamed his chain-smoking habit on the friends he made while at the university.
Speaking exclusively to broadcast-journalist Sammy Darko in an interview conducted for Power 103.5 FM, Dr. Afari-Gyan, for the first time, explained the famous story of how his workers stole tilapia from his farm and also touched on several aspects of his life. We reproduce a transcript of portions of the interview.
Why Do You Smoke?
Formerly I was not smoking. It was peer pressure that got me into it. It was in the university. And I was with a group and they would say �Oh I would have a smoke� and so on. And so eventually I got into it. In fact when it was difficult to get cigarettes in Ghana, somebody I knew who worked in the tobacco industry used to bring me cartons and I would distribute them to people without smoking any. But because I was getting them for free and I was around a company that was smoking, I just became hooked on it and once you get used to the nicotine, it becomes difficult to ermmm�
Some say the election pressure makes you smoke.
Oh no no no no. It has nothing to do with the election. I can go on long stretches without smoking. I have gone from here through Britain, through the US, to Fiji. It takes two days and I was without a cigarette. So people who think I always have a cigarette in my mouth are those who don�t know me. But I smoke.
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