NCC- The Nigerian Communications Commission has affirmed that there will be no telecommunication glitch during the election.
It stated that network operations would run as they used to. This is coming in reaction to information circulating about a planned network shutdown for the General Elections.
Nigerian Communications Commission statement
“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.”
“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.”
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Meanwhile, MTN Nigeria recently informed its customers of a network freeze that was scheduled to happen during the Presidential and Governorship elections.
However, they explained that the network freeze did not mean a network shutdown, but only involves the suspension of any core maintenance or updates that would cause a network outage.
During a network freeze, only emergency changes will be allowed on the network during this period.
The first phase of the network freeze will start on the 24th of February 2023 and end on March 1, 2023, while the second phase will start on March 10 and end on March 15.
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