Hohoe telephones would start working in August – Minister

Mr Felix Owusu-Adjapong, Minister of Transport and Communications on Wednesday said telephone services in Hohoe in the Volta Region would be restored in August, when work on a 5,000 lines telephone exchange rehabilitation project would be completed.

He expressed regret about the inconvenience caused by the delay of the project and said Ghana Telecom has given him an assurance to that effect.

The Minister was answering question in Parliament on the issue when Mr Kosi Kedem, NDC-Hohoe South sought to know when work would be completed on the project.

Mr Kedem said the people have been without telephone facilities for the past two years and this was causing a lot of inconvenience to them.

Mr Owusu-Adjapong said the delay on the project came during the installation of the new 5,000 line capacity switch to replace the old line when part of the building housing the equipment collapsed and killed one of the workers.

The accident together with technical difficulties brought the installation process to a halt.

He said work resumed on the project in April and the materials needed for the work that was ordered have arrived at the harbour.