A stammer has taken the charge to plead with tele-communication companies in the country to provide free extra minutes for calls or discounts due to their difficulty in speaking.
Speaking on behalf of stammer on Accra-based Angel FM/TV, he called on the network providers to understand their situation and provide them with free airtime to make calls.
“I am pleading with MTN or Vodafone on behalf of all stammerers to give us free airtime,” he said.
When the host of the drive time show asked him whether the speech disorder affects their airtime use, he responded that it does, adding that the condition is serious and sad at the same time.
“When I buy airtime of 10 cedis, I barely finish talking and then I’m prompted that my airtime is running out.
“What I dislike most is when the person on the other end of the call tries to help me finish my statement. Unless I say it myself before I’m happy but even before that happens, MTN will remind me that I only have one minute remaining,” he painfully stated.
He further noted that he doesn’t understand how his airtime always runs out quickly, therefore, he is pleading with the telecom companies to assist them.
A stammerer, on behalf of all stammerers across the country, has pleaded with all telecom companies to provide discounts or extra minutes on calls due to the challenges they face with speech, which prolongs their conversations during phone calls. pic.twitter.com/iRmodyu7fC
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) September 17, 2024
Some people on social media also shared their sentiments about this call.
One user questioned how the telecom companies are going to identify the stammers.
The user commented: “How will they identify stammers then? I can also pretend to be a stammer on calls. someone should enlighten me on how tele networks will implement this strategy I will wait, I have all day.”
Another user also said: “Stammers don’t stammer [when they] are singing. It [If] the telcos don’t listen, they should result to singing to save their airtime.”
How will they identify stammers then?
I can also pretend to be a stammerer on calls.
someone should enlighten me on how tele networks will implement this strategyI will wait, I have all day
— Robbie 🃏 (@Young__Black) September 17, 2024
Stammers don’t stammer is they are singing. It the telcos don’t listen, they should result to singing to save their airtime.
— 𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖍 |♕| TWiST (@IamJLirics) September 17, 2024
And another user simply added that: “Right call but will they listen? Hmm.
Right call but will they listen? Hmm
— Just King 🇬🇭 🇳🇬 🇬🇧 🚉 💯 (@usuphyoungslim) September 17, 2024
Stammering is a a speech disorder characterized by repetition of sounds, syllables, or words, prolongation of sounds, and interruptions in speech known as blocks.
