Telecommunication companies in Ghana say unsolicited messages from political parties are not from them.

According to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) in a press statement copied to GhanaWeb, the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are politically neutral and that their “policies and principles prohibit the promotion of any political party”.

“As an industry, we are committed to working with all stakeholders to ensure the continued growth of our democracy,” the statement added.

The GTC explained that the political parties mostly rely on content providers to forward bulk SMS transfers on their behalf.

The Chamber urged customers who receive these messages and would wish to unsubscribe from UECs of any kind to type STOP, press the enter key for one space, type sender's name, and press send to the number from which the message or call came. This will stop the UEC from being received.

“If the UECs persists, contact your service provider to omit you from the promotional list and the Regulator as last resort,” the statement added.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com