Bright Simons, vice president of IMANI Africa, has issued a warning to Ghanaian politicians, saying, "The software glitches at ECG are a reminder to Ghanaian leaders to think critically as they continue to push this erroneous idea of centralizing all civic services in one Ghana Card database."

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In response to a ransomware or zero-day exploit, he tweeted that the nation would shut down.

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His statement follows the technical issue that is preventing smooth service delivery to prepaid consumers in several operational areas of the nation.

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For the past few days, some ECG customers have been unable to add more electric power credit to their prepaid meters.

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The problem which started on Monday is yet to be fixed.

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The technical challenge has affected customers in 10 operational regional areas of the ECG in Volta, Kumasi, Accra, Takoradi, Tema, Cape Coast, Kasoa, Winneba, Swedru, Koforidua, Nkawkaw, and Tafo.

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Meanwhile, the state-power distributor has announced the extension of working hours at all district offices across the country this weekend.

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