Mobile operators in Bangladesh have been ordered by the country's telecom regulators to shut down high-speed mobile internet services until midnight of Sunday, December 30, the day of a national election.
A spokesman for the Bangladesh Telecommunication Commission, made the disclosure on Saturday, December 29, adding that the measure is effective immediately, Reuters reports.
Legit.ng notes that Zakir Hussain Khan said: “The decision has been taken to prevent rumors and propaganda surrounding the vote."
Voters queue to cast their ballots on Sunday, December 30. Photo credit: BBC News
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, November 24, reassured Nigerians that the forthcoming general elections in 2019 would be free and fair.
Buhari gave the assurance in Jos at the graduation ceremony of Senior Executive Course 40, 2018 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
The president said: “We as a government also wish to reiterate our commitment to ensuring that the elections are free, fair and credible as part of measures to deepen our democracy.
“As we prepare for the forthcoming elections in 2019, Nigerians are once again enjoined to exercise their civic obligation as stakeholders in our development project."
The president, who was represented by the minister of defence, Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), said that his administration was committed to good governance.
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Also previously reported by Legit.ng was that an application was introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that would make it possible for every Nigerian to be an election observer and report live from their polling units during the 2019 general elections.
The disclosure was made on Thursday, December 27, by INEC national commissioner and chairman, Board of the Electoral Institute, Mustapha Leeky, while declaring open a three-day workshop on electoral security training in Abuja.
The application, which has geo-referencing features that can enable the electoral body’s officials to identify wherever challenges may arise, can be download for free on INEC website or Google Play Store.
According to Leeky, the app was developed to address the new challenge of vote buying which characterised the recent governorship elections in some states.
He said where challenges arise, security agencies would be alerted to take charge in any part of the country.
Leeky said: “We have deployed something that most of you media men are paying little regards to; and that is the fact, as at today, if you go to INEC website or Google Play Store, you can download an INEC i-reporter which is something that INEC has spent a lot of money in developing."
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