Presidential staffer, Nana Yaa Jantuah, has weighed in on the ongoing feud between the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, and the MultiChoice Group over the pricing of DStv services in Ghana.

Speaking on Joy Prime on September 6, 2025, Jantuah stated that the MultiChoice Group, as investors, should have realised there was a problem with the services they were providing when the use of DStv at the Presidency was banned.

We’ve not agreed on DStv price reduction - MultiChoice claps back at Sam George

“… I thought that the first time that the Presidency decided to cut DStv, it should have been a cue to them. Because if you are in a country as an investor and the Presidency decides not to use your product, what does it mean? It should have been a cue for them to understand that there is a problem,” she said.

The politician, a former General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), further intimated that MultiChoice, being an investor, does not give them the license to act arbitrarily, but rather obliges them to adhere to the laws and regulations of the country.

“And you see, when you are in a sovereign state, you need to succumb to the rules and regulations and actions of that sovereign state. The fact that we need investors does not mean that we should allow anything to happen,” she added.

Touching on why DStv services were cut at the Presidency, Jantuah said, “DStv has been disconnected in the Presidency because of pricing. All offices within the Presidency, including the president’s office, are not watching DStv because of the cost.”

Meanwhile, the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has stated that he had had enough of MultiChoice over its actions on the government’s demand for a reduction in the prices of DStv in Ghana.

He indicated that the actions of the broadcaster were disrespectful, insisting that there was actually a discussion on the reduction of prices contrary to the statement issued by MultiChoice.

“Let me be clear, I have no intention to continue tolerating the disrespect to Ghanaians by DStv. If MultiChoice is not interested, as they claim in their last statement, in discussing a reduction in prices as they had indicated to me, we would proceed to effect the shutdown tomorrow as indicated.

'I will not tolerate such disrespect' - Sam George warns MultiChoice

“DStv indicated their willingness to engage the Ministry on its concerns on pricing and prayed us to stay our enforcement action. If they have changed their position, then we simply would enforce the regulatory action,” the minister wrote.

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