A former Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, has noted that the current impasse between the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation and MultiChoice and Multichoice Ghana is detrimental to Ghana's attraction of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs).

According to her, the public exchange may send wrong signals to foreign investors.

She advised that the matter be resolved amicably without a public spectacle.

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“We should bear in mind that some of these negotiations can happen, and results can be achieved, without necessarily having social media banter and without putting cameras on it to show who is right…This spectacle is not good for the image of a country like Ghana that is seeking to attract a lot of FDIs,” she said, as myjoyonline.com quotes.

Her comments come after the minister's statement that noted that no disrespect against the Ghanaian people by DStv will be tolerated.

DStv had earlier stated that it had not agreed to any price reductions as stated by the minister during a press briefing on September 5, 2025.

Abubakar, however, argued that a simple announcement of a successful agreement with MultiChoice, delivered after negotiations behind closed doors, would have built public excitement and confidence, unlike the current drawn-out, public spectacle of denials and accusations.

Samuel Nartey George has, however, noted that the National Communications Authority will proceed to shut down the services of DStv if it fails to reduce prices by September 6, 2025

“I have no intention to continue tolerating the disrespect to Ghanaians by DStv,” he stated.

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