Govt Won’t Budge On Sticking Point To DSTV-Minister.
The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Sam George, has dictated that the August 7, Last Offer to MultiChoice Ghana, operators of DStv, to penetrate subscription cost in the country by 30 per cent, or risk losing its disseminating license in the country will not find the middle Ground.
He also noted that the Girls-in-ICT initiative trained 1,000 girls in the Volta Region, with plans to expand to the Upper East and Upper West regions.
“We are bridging the gender gap in tech,” he noted.
Notable collaborations include a $1 billion Ghana-UAE Innovation Hub deal and skills training partnerships with Huawei and Google, which will train 100,000 Ghanaians each under the One Million Coders Programme.
His utterance, include in a Facebook post yesterday, Get in accordance with a statement by the company declaring its passion in preserving the motley facets of Ghanaian jobs working with the company and having “constructive engagement” with the ministry, upon the minister’s admonition stated last Friday.
This is clear stealing. I will not remain idle while Ghanaians are exploited,” the minister said.
He said the National Communications Authority (NCA) had been instructed to enforce the suspension if MultiChoice failed to comply by August 7, 2025.
The pay-TV operator had earlier resisted the reduction, citing currency depreciation and operational costs as justification for maintaining its current rates.
We will not extend this contract,” Mr George said.
Mr Sam George declare that; “This year, in April, at a time the Ghanaian cedi had seen a 10 per cent appreciation against all major currencies, inflation had dropped by over five per cent, and fuel prices had also dropped, DStv announced and implemented a 15 per cent increase,”
He stated moreover, he was even more influenced in his determination because “the same group operating in Nigeria countermand price raises in Nigeria when the Nigerian Officials sued them.
The Nigerian House of evocative took the same circumstance up and ordered a suspension of the increases. They complied”.
Adjournment
Appearing during the ministry’s Accountability Orientation in Accra, the minister outlined the current pricing by MultiChoice as conniving, stand firm that the Premium bouquet cost $83 in Ghana but only $29 in Nigeria.
