The Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Mr. Samuel Nartey George has hit back at MultiChoice Ghana for insisting they can’t reduce their subscription fees in Ghana.
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The company described as regrettable the Minister’s public statement announcing that DStv will be suspended in Ghana if they fail to reduce their subscription fees by August 7, 2025
“It is regrettable that the Honourable Minister has taken this stance, notwithstanding our ongoing endeavours to engage with the Honourable Minister candidly and in good faith on this important matter,” – Alex Okyere, Managing Director of DSTV Ghana says in the August 3, 2025 statement.
Mr. Okyere maintained that “It is not tenable to reduce the DStv subscription fees in the manner proposed by the Minister,” it stated, stressing that it has never referred to the cedi’s appreciation as a “fluke.”
But is a sharp rebuttal, the Ningo Prampram MP said “The same Group operating in Nigeria reversed price increases in Nigeria when the Nigerian authorities sued them. The Nigerian House of Representatives took the matter up and ordered a suspension of the increases. They complied.”
“This year, in April, at a time the Ghanaian cedi had seen a ~10% appreciation against all major currencies, inflation had dropped by over 5% and fuel prices had also dropped, DStv announced and implemented a 15% increase.” – He added
According to the Lawmarker, “They [DStv] proposed that I allow them maintain the collection of the exorbitant bouquet prices as they stand but order them not to send the revenue to their headquarters.”
“In all honesty, that offer lacks any logic in my estimation. The essence of my action is to see Ghanaians pay a fair price for the services offered. How does this proposal solve the real issue?” – He added
In latest development, the Minority MPs in Parliament has issued a statement in support of the Minister’s move while calling for Parliamentary interventions.
Read the Minister’s full post:
I have read the release by DStv Ghana and taken full consideration that they vindicate my earlier position that they simply do not take the Ghanaian people serious enough.
The same Group operating in Nigeria reversed price increases in Nigeria when the Nigerian authorities sued them. The Nigerian House of Representatives took the matter up and ordered a suspension of the increases. They complied.
This year, in April, at a time the Ghanaian cedi had seen a ~10% appreciation against all major currencies, inflation had dropped by over 5% and fuel prices had also dropped, DStv announced and implemented a 15% increase.
I believe in the interest of transparency, I make public the alternate proposal that DStv offered to me that I flatly rejected.
They proposed that I allow them maintain the collection of the exorbitant bouquet prices as they stand but order them not to send the revenue to their headquarters. In all honesty, that offer lacks any logic in my estimation. The essence of my action is to see Ghanaians pay a fair price for the services offered. How does this proposal solve the real issue?
For far too long, corporations have fleeced the Ghanaian people. There has been a RESET and it demands a new style of public service that is fiercely protective of the Ghanaian people. I remain empathetic to the Ghanaian staff of DStv but I believe that they should stand with the rest of us as we demand what is right for us.
I remain open to “constructive engagements” that are centred on PRICE REDUCTION. Anything else is tangential and of no consequence.
For God and Country
