MTN Ghana and the Electoral Commission’s IT Department will be invited to answer questions at the next Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting. Jean Mensa, the Electoral Commission chairperson revealed this at the IPAC meeting on Wednesday, May 29.
According to the commission’s chairperson, Madam Jean Mensa, the network provider and the commission’s IT team will answer questions regarding the network challenges that marred the limited voter registration exercise.
The date for the next IPAC meeting has yet to be communicated.
The Director of IT and Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Omane Boamah talked about the details of yesterday’s meeting in a Facebook post. He stated that “…the EC assured that their IT Team and the network provider (MTN) will appear before IPAC at the next meeting to delve deeper into this serious recurring ‘network failure’ mishap to prevent same on December 07, 2024.”
The exercise began on May 7 and encountered severe network and technical challenges forcing the Electoral Commission to acknowledge and promise to resolve the challenges. However, the issue persisted at some centres, forcing the Electoral Commission to extend the initial deadline from Monday, May 27 to Wednesday, May 29.
Meanwhile, transfer of votes and replacement of lost voter ID cards have begun today, May 30, across the country. This phase of the exercise will conclude on Friday, June 14.