NPP demands answers over 46 rural communities still without telephony service
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding answers over the continued lack of connectivity in 46 hard-to-reach communities covered by Ghana’s Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project, despite infrastructure it says is already in place to provide service.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is urging for answers regarding the ongoing absence of telephony services in 46 remote communities within Ghana's Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project. Despite the procurement of a satellite hub at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT that appears capable of providing backhaul connectivity for these sites, the party argues that the affected communities continue to remain without connectivity.
The NPP's Chairman, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, asserts that these communities are not geographically unreachable, implying the impasse lies in the non-utilization and non-payment of the contracted hub service. The party maintains that the issue is one of commercial and administrative nature, not technical, and demands the Ministry of Communications and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) to clarify the satellite hub's current status, the fate of the 46 sites, and provide a clear timeline for service restoration or commencement.
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