According to the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), there won’t be a telecommunications outage during the elections.
It declared that all network functions would function normally. It made this statement in response to rumours that a network outage was being planned for the elections.
The NCC statement reads: “The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission has been drawn to fraudulent and misleading information circulating in some social media platforms, insinuating there is a planned shutdown of all telecom networks and relevant ICT units, including online transfer facilities of the banks, with effect from today, February 23, 2023.
“The Nigerian public, consumers of telecommunications services, and all bank customers are advised to ignore these or similar messages that insinuate deliberate network shutdown or disruption of services in the Nigerian telecom network.”
According to the commission, it has received assurance from all service providers and there will be no deliberate shutdown or disruption on election day.
It added, “Therefore, all users of telecommunications and banking services utilising network facilities are assured of continued optimal service delivery before, during, and after the general elections in Nigeria.”
