Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has implored Ghanaians to remain patient with the internet service providers and the National Communication Authority (NCA) including her Ministry as they work around the clock to restore their internet connectivity.
Ghana and some African countries like Nigeria and Liberia experienced an internet outage days ago, hence disrupting economic activities and activities of internet users.
The internet problem is attributed to some faulty undersea cables which the authorities are yet to identify and fix.
The Minister, speaking to Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" morning show, reaffirmed the communiqué issued by the NCA specifiying the reasons for the internet breakdown and the probable duration to rectify the problem.
"The fibre optic cables that provide internet to Ghana got damaged 5 kilometres under sea level in Ivory Coast," Hon. Ursula Owusu said, stressing five cables have been damaged undersea and it will take time for them to be repaired.
"As the day goes by, they are working around the clock to restore the internet but it will take a bit long unless we are able to repair the five affected cables," she indicated.
She, however, assured the nation of an improvement in internet services while Ghana waits for full restoration of the internet, thereby pleading with "Ghanaians to exercise patience".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Massa, NPP Government is not serious and they take the Ghanaian for granted as if they themselves have given up hope of "breaking the 8" why are they such liars and then they have the audacity to minimize the dumsor issue as well by comparing it to 2012. Look in 2012, compared to 2024, thanks to Bawumia, everything has moved digital, thus it is an existential crisis when electricity which powers the internet is off. In other words the impact of dumsor now is more than ever very critical due to the digitization agenda by Bawumia. As if that is not enough, Bawumia now wants Ghanaian buses to be charged by electricity when electricity is not even stable, these guys are not serious!! In Ghana the government comes and invest in all sort of things to steal money away, but they don't focus on "national strategic interest". The government that comes and focuses on energy in all of its forms as the number one strategic goal, nothing else but just focus on energy, and see how the country will prosper and achieve huge GDP, and slow down inflation due to the fact that factories will spring up to produce and then locals will consume locally manufactured goods, then surplus will be exported. The only goal should be energy- 1) Thermal energy, 2) Solar energy 3) Wind energy 4)Nuclear energy do these and allow Ghanaians to build the industries In the USA, the government has deemed energy - electric, natural gas, petrol, solar, etc as national strategic interest and all of the defense exist to protect that interest. They go to middle east because of oil and gas, they price control electricity, why, because it has implications on the national economy and elections.