{"id":19002,"date":"2022-03-29T04:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T04:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=19002"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:32:14","slug":"videoblack-stars-experience-nigerias-version-of-dumsor-during-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/03\/29\/videoblack-stars-experience-nigerias-version-of-dumsor-during-training\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO:Black Stars experience Nigeria\u2019s version of \u2018dumsor\u2019 during training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Addo Jnr., has confirmed that a training session by the Black Stars of Ghana on Monday evening in Nigeria, was interrupted by five brief power cuts.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the intermittent disruptions in power supply brought the training session of the senior national team to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on\u00a0Joy FM\u2019s News Night, George Addo Jnr,monitored by NSEMGH, indicated that the situation was quickly resolved, as the pitch was lighted in no time to enable the team prepare for the second leg of their World Cup play-off against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had power cuts intermittently. It wasn\u2019t over long periods. Maybe, just a minute, some two minutes, three minutes, but the lights went off and on for about four or five times, just reminding us of the soil we are on, as we prepare for this game\u201d, George Addo revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll you have heard is true. The lights went out. I was in the press room waiting for Coach Otto Addo to come in to speak, and the lights went on and off. At the same time whilst that was going on, the pitch whilst the Black Stars were training as well as the lights were flashing, disco lights a bit\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\">\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1268\"\n\t\t height=\"1486\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/03\/FullSizeRender.mov'>FullSizeRender<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/03\/FullSizeRender.mov\",\"type\":\"video\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"FullSizeRender\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:03\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":886,\"height\":1038},\"resized\":{\"width\":1268,\"height\":1486}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/jovahun\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/jovahun\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>Narrating the occurrence, he stated that Ghanaian journalists who were at the scene laughed off the power cuts; while their Nigerian counterparts wondered about the brevity of the power cuts.<\/p>\n<p>This is because, according to them, power cuts in Nigeria usually take longer to be restored.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting to the development, a Nigerian journalist, Eyitope Kuteyi, who spoke on\u00a0NewsNight,monitored by NSEMGH, dismissed claims that the power outage was a sabotage of the Black Stars training session.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the menace of power outage has been persistent in recent times, and therefore it was not targeted at the visiting team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article1\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re trying to retaliate, then definitely it won\u2019t be from the NEPA angle. It won\u2019t be from the light angle. It will be from the airport angle. [It was] so beautiful when the Black Stars of Ghana arrived in Nigeria this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The players didn\u2019t have to come down through the aircraft the way Super Eagles came down from the aircraft. So I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a retaliation. It\u2019s something that we\u2019re used to in Nigeria, but I can assure you that tomorrow it won\u2019t be like that. So it\u2019s not a form if retaliation. Trust me on that\u201d, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, will host the Black Stars of Ghana, in the second leg of the World Cup play-offs in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>During the first leg on March 25, the Stars held the Nigerians to a goalless draw in front of a teeming home crowd at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. Despite a few decent chances, the Stars failed to find the back of the net in front of their ecstatic home fans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article2\"><\/div>\n<p>But speaking to the press ahead of the return leg, Black Stars Coach, Otto Addo has assured that his side is poised and ready to grab the needed three points at the end of ninety minutes on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>source:joynews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Addo Jnr., has confirmed that a training session by the Black Stars of Ghana on Monday evening in Nigeria, was interrupted by five brief power cuts. According to him, the intermittent disruptions in power supply brought the training session of the senior national team to a halt. 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