Source: newsthemegh.com
The public has been told by Dr. Joe Anokye, Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), that possible internet outages won’t jeopardize the integrity of the polls on December 7.
Reiterating that the government has no intention of meddling in the election process, he ascribed the disturbances to natural causes rather than individual acts.
Dr. Anokye affirmed that the Electoral Commission (EC) is independent and that politics has no bearing on its operations.
He asked Ghanaians to believe the government’s commitment to maintaining electoral fairness and to disregard any claims to the contrary.
“These four cables in Ivory Coast, Cote D’Ivoire, ACE, one of them is called Ace. That’s the one closer. It’s about 118km or so. Between that cable and the next cable is about 11 kilometres… The distance between Main One and WACS is also 77 kilometres… So it is very difficult to determine exactly what happened,” he said.
Dr. Anokye addressed concerns on recent cuts in undersea fiber optic cables, which are essential for Ghana’s internet connectivity, and offered insight into the challenges faced in determining the causes. He emphasized how difficult it is to determine the precise causes of the cuts due to the significant distances between the four subsea cables.
In an interview with Citi FM, Dr. Anokye refuted claims that on December 7, Election Day, the government plans to interfere with internet connections in order to rig the results.