The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has joined the list of Ghanaians who think IGP’s intention to shut down social media on election day-November 7, is laudable and must happen.
Speaking on Okay Fm earlier today, Mr Ayariga said if even the Inspector General of Police (IGP) wants to block it for a whole month, he would support it.
He said he “fully supports this course” and one day of a Ghanaian’s data not working should not be a big deal.
“One day of switching off your data, it shouldn’t be a problem, because at times you wake up a whole day and your own data goes off without you knowing, you turn the data, it won’t work, you don’t complain. you don’t call the service providers to complain,” he said.
He continued: “At times a whole day, you turn on your data and it won’t work, you don’t complain, you don’t call the service providers and say look my data is off and for that matter you have to do…. Even MTN, sometimes you call a friend and it will tell you that the mobile phone you are calling is switched off, meanwhile it would not be switched off. Do you complain? For God’s sake Ghanaians, what the IGP is saying is for the sake of our peace. We cannot just have peace without paying for the price.”
“I want to be president and nobody can rule a burning nation [sic] …so lets all be committed to the peace that we are talking about,” he added..
The Inspector General of Police-Mr John Kudalor hinted somewhere last week that, Ghana Police is considering  shutting down social media services in the country on November 7, to avoid violence.
He said; “At one stage I said that if it becomes critical on the eve and also on the Election Day, we shall block all social media as other countries have done. We’re thinking about it.”

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