Career Man After I had served a couple of years at the Ghana Revenue Service, I moved to work with Ghana Cold Stores in Tema. The highlight of my work here was when I headed the merging of the State Farms and Ghana Fisheries. Afterwards, I moved to the Timber Marketing Board and was in charge of setting up the prestigious Ghana Timbers in Takoradi. Ghana Timbers was responsible for Ghana’s timber exports. Thereafter, to Ghana Oil Palm Plantations. In all, my time with the Government service was fruitful. Zenos Farms – Takoradi I held two eggs in my palms as I admired their fresh texture. I felt very proud indeed; these were some of the maiden eggs of our poultry farm, and I felt as excited as I had felt whenever any of my children was born. It was amazing to see this dream of mine fulfilled. After working with the government service for a long while, I decided to take all my life savings and go out on my own. For years, I had dreamt of owning a poultry farm, I knew a lot about the business, and where I did not know, I hoped to learn as I went along. So passionate was I about this venture that I took out all my life savings and bank loans to invest in the business. I and my workers worked so hard, we put our all into it, that in no time, we became the second biggest poultry farm in the whole of the Western Region. We thrived. People formed long lines to buy eggs, chicken, and all other chicken products from us, and people said brilliant things about us. It was such a proud moment for me. Revolution! It was a day in 1979—an unusual one. We woke up to the news that a revolution was unfolding in the capital. Trouble brewed as the military government of the Supreme Military Council, led by Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo, decided to put Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting to overthrow the government. Things quickly escalated. In Accra, there were reports of soldiers harassing civilians, shortages of food and fuel, and junior soldiers taking advantage by causing trouble everywhere. As far as I was concerned, this seemed like an Accra problem, and I expected the Fortitude in Career and Entrepreneurship 24 The Birthday Journal
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