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July 23, 2021
Minister for Communications and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu Ekuful has said her Ministry would work in close collaboration with the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and Mobil Network Operators (MNOs) to provide connectivity to Ghanaians in their respective locations.
According to her it would be done through the Rural Telephone project and would help close the gap in the MOs rollout plans and ensure universal access.
She further told the House, Brodi, Yabraso, Atomfourso, Akore, Degedge, Bepoayase, Sampano, Bebunsua, Konkonte and Kogua in the Tain constituency would be catered for under the phase II of the rural telephony project.
This came to light on Thursday, July 22, 2021 when Member of Parliament for Tain Adama Sulemana asked the sector minister if the above communities, there are plans to connect them to the rural telephony project.
The Minister further told the House the communities mentioned above are not part of phase I of the project, however they have been captured by GIFEC under the phase II of the rural telephony project.
She indicated that, “none of the mobile network operators have captured these communities in their current network roll out plans, GIFEC will expedite work on the compilation of the beneficiary communities that are not covered under the current project for inclusion in the next phase of the rural telephony project.”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com