The Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), Kofi Kapito, has lambasted the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, over what he describes as the minister’s failure to secure a meaningful price reduction for Ghanaian subscribers in the DStv controversy.
In an interview on Metro TV on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, Kapito accused the minister of making empty promises and exaggerating his role in the recent agreement with MultiChoice Africa, operators of the DStv service in Ghana.
Kofi Kapito said he was disappointed that George was celebrating what he described as a promotional upgrade by MultiChoice rather than a real reduction in subscription costs.
“You know, I get upset when I hear the media saying this is unprecedented. What is unprecedented about what he did? This guy has done us 419,” Kapito fumed.
According to him, Ghanaians were expecting lower subscription fees, not temporary bouquet upgrades disguised as value-added services.
“The minister promised a reduction in cost and not an increase in bouquet channels. DSTV does promotions all the time, buy one, get one free, that is not a fight for consumers. He has shot himself in the foot,” Kapito said.
He added that the three-month validity of the new arrangement makes it unsustainable. “This is not permanent. So, is that what we bargained for?” he questioned.
Kapito also faulted the minister for sidelining consumers in the negotiations, arguing that the so-called stakeholder committee was incomplete.
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“The minister has shot his foot. I mean, you know, it doesn’t make any sense because when you are too much exuberant, as Minister Sam George. This is what happens to you.
“It is the second time that he’s telling us this thing. You remember when the data promises, the same thing. Then he told us that, oh, he’s bargaining for more data for us.
“This crocro the john thing that he does is you stop and he talks too much. He’s not. He’s not the only king in Ghana.”
He suggested that consumer groups should have been given the mandate to bargain directly with MultiChoice. “If we had threatened a boycott, DSTV would have listened. The minister should have been the last person to intervene.”
On Monday, September 29, 2025, Sam George announced that Ghanaian DStv subscribers would enjoy between 33 and 50 per cent more value on their packages effective Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Under the new arrangement, subscribers will automatically be upgraded to higher bouquets at no additional cost.
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