POLICE ARRESTS TWO EMPLOYEES OF GHANA WATER COMPANY

Recent news making waves is the police of Nungua has arrested two persons who are beloved to be employees of the Ghana Water Company (GWC). This persons were allegedly destroying some telecommunication infrastructure of AirtelTigo.

The arrested persons were said to have caused the destructions while undertaking an excavation along the road in an attempt to remove old water pipes.

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From Citi News sources, these persons were arrested after they destroyed the fibre infrastructure of AirtelTigo along the Nungua-Tema road, which is part of the ongoing 16-kilometre La-Beach Road project.

The damage caused by the suspects is said to distorted the service of the telecommunication network; that is it has affected about 75 telecommunication sites of AirtelTigo.

Meanwhile, the suspects who were caught during the destructive activity have been granted bail pending the outcome of investigations.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber for Telecommunication Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey spoke to Citi News on the incident.

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“AirtelTigo noticed at its network operating system around 9pm that there was damage to fibre that resulted in the loss of connectivity. So they did some exploration and realised that late that evening, there were people who were excavating the roads, removing some Ghana Water pipes. Fortunately for us and unfortunately for them, they continued this exercise till the morning. So a report was made to the police, and they were arrested,” he said.

“Not only had they damaged AirtelTigo’s fibre, but even the new drain on the road has also been damaged. These people have been arrested, and the equipment involved confiscated by the police. The police are investigating the case. We’ve been informed that these people have been granted bail while investigations continue.” He continued.

“We hope the police would know the impact of this activity on the state. What the damaged caused disrupted service to about 75 of AirtelTigo’s sites which then resulted in the loss of data and voice,” he added.”

It is now obvious that road projects, galamsey and construction works are main causes of fibre cuts

Indisputably, fibre cuts have been the main plight of telecommunications companies in Ghana.

The tlecommunication giant MTN noted that it has recorded 125 fibre cut incidents within the last eight months, with 50% of them occurring as a result of road construction activities, illegal mining and private property development.

“There are a number of activities that we encounter in our quality of service delivery to our customers and one of such activity we have identified is the fibre cuts which are often caused by private property developers, galamsey activities and some road construction activities.”

“This year alone we have recorded one hundred and twenty-five incidents of fibre cuts with the majority of them occurring as a result of road construction activities, galamsey or private developers engaged in development activities,” MTN’s Regional Technical Manager for Western and Central Regions, Teddy Hayford Acquah told Citi News.

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