En route, my taxi driver explained the routine.

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Why should I pay you for the privilege of driving a cab in your city, the taxi driver asks, when my competitor is free from such obligations?

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"I hate football with every bone in my body, " said Blessed, an Accra taxi driver, who vowed never to catch the Nations Cup bug.

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"It's very devastating for us, for my family, " said Tehran Boldon, 50, younger brother of the 62-year-old taxi driver.

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