Networks of the major
telecommunication operators in Ghana were jammed for hours at the Special
National Delegate Congress of the country’s ruling party, the National
Democratic Congress NDC. This development has not only put lots of constraint
in the ways of the organizers but has also made communications at the congress
ground very difficult, where thousands of delegate has converged at the Baba
Yara Sports Stadia in Kumasi to reaffirm the nomination of the president H.E John
Dramani Mahama for the 2012 general election as the flagbearer and the leader
of the ruling party . Connectivity on the same network platform has become a
problem disrupting even the doing of business at the venue by sales agents of the
various telco companies.
The coverage of the program by the
media was also put on hold for several hours as they also struggle to get their
calls through to their colleagues at the ground and also get their internet
modems working to enable live streaming of their programs. Most of them disclosed to BiztechAfrica how frustrated
their MTN and Airtel internet modem are not working. Efforts to get the Ashanti Regional
operational team by organizer to rectify the problem according to one of the
organizers has proven futile. In spite of these challenges the sale of call
cards of the various network operators are booming as demand shoots up.
The Minister of Communication Hon.
Harruan Iddrissu although was present at the congress grounds but could not
help the situation bedeviling the free flow of communication at the Congress
grounds.
The use of other social media in
Ghana this year has become one that most politicians are depending on now to
get their messages across as they prepare for the country general election on
the 7th of December 2012.. The newly sworn in president H.E John
Dramani Mahama who has identified himself with youth has been a strong
advocator of the use of the various ICT tools to grow the economy of Ghana.
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