I would still have been single but for Skype - Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

The Minister designate for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that she will have possibly be unmarried by now but for the service provided by instant messaging, voice and video application Skype.

She made this revelation during her vetting by the Appointments Committee on Wednesday (February 1, 2017).

She was questioned by the Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency Bernice Adiku Heloo, on the specific benefits women could derive from quality communication services.

She then responded saying "that is a tough one and at the risk of being accused of bias, improved access to telecommunications makes everyones life easier, particularly for the woman and so things that would have put us at risk previously to can now sit in the comfort of your home and do it if you have better data.”

She added that technology improves long distance relationships and was a vital factor in her marriage.

"It helps improves relationships too, I keep using this example that i probably won’t be married today if it hadn't been for Skype. Because my husband doesn't live here and I live here but thanks to the wonders of technology we were able to sustain a long distance relationship relatively painlessly," she added.

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful married UK-based opthalmologist, Dr Samuel Owusu Ekuful on October 19, 2013, at her East Legon residence in Accra but she has revealed that their courtship and eventual nuptials were aided by technology.