Business News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019Source: Starrfm.com.ghNo more free internet – Ursula to MMDAsCommunications Minister, Ursula Owusu-EkufulCommunications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has served notice to all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) that the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) will only provide them internet services for a fee. As a result, current outstanding debt owed it by the MMDAs amounts to GH¢13m. Not enthused by the development, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful slammed the MMDAs for heavily indebting the Agency saying: “I have news for you (MMDAs). She said 10 years of the passage of the National Information Technology Act (Act 771) and the Electronic Transactions Act, (Act 772), no regulations have been passed to give effect to them. Until the capacity of the National Data Centre is used up, no MMDAs will set up its own data center.

Source: GhanaWeb April 16, 2019 13:07 UTC