The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has commissioned two rural telephony sites in the Asene Manso Akroso and Kwaebibirem municipalities in the Eastern Region.
The sites are located at Mofram and Twumwusu.
The facilities formed part of the Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC), which seeks to connect deprived communities to telecommunication services.
Speaking at the commissioning, the sector Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful stated that, government through it agency is to provide basic telephone voice and data connectivity to undeserved communities, the government is providing 90 cell sites under the Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project in the Eastern Region, in line with the government’s digitalisation agenda to create a strong digital country.
She said the extension of the telecommunication networks to the various communities would go a long way to open up the areas.
Mrs Owusu Ekuful also commissioned two ICT centres at Akyem Awisa in the Birim south municipality and Asuom in the Kwaebibrem district to help the pupils in the communities with basic computer skills.
The centers are to be managed by a local body known as the Sustainability Management Committee on behalf of GIFEC.
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