The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has revealed that President John Dramani Mahama’s directive to cancel all satellite television subscriptions at the Jubilee House is saving the state approximately GH₵120,000 every month.
The cancellation, which includes subscriptions to services like DStv, is part of a broader effort to enforce fiscal discipline and reduce non-essential government spending.
Speaking in separate interviews with JoyNews and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Mr. Kwakye Ofosu explained that the President replaced all paid television subscriptions at the seat of government with free-to-air local channels.
On GBC, Mr. Kwakye Ofosu revealed that the cancellation saves the country of almost GH₵120,000 monthly as the previous administration was paying.
He emphasized that the move aligns with the administration’s commitment to prudent spending across all state institutions.
“When we came to this very place the Jubilee House there were subscriptions to satellite television in addition to the local channels that we watch when we took stock of how much it costs to pay for the satellite subscription we noticed that in a month we spent GH₵120,000 just paying for subscriptions to satellite channels in this house, President Mahama has cancelled all of that and you know what GH₵120,000 monthly can do.”
Citing the impact of such savings, Mr. Kwakye Ofosu shared an example from his constituency:
“There are communities in AAEK that whose water problems you can resolve with GH₵1,000 and I have done that as MP, a GH₵1,000 because perhaps a pump is spoilt, you need to replace the that. Because of that a community of about 100 people goes without water for four months yet here we were sitting in this house with a government that used to pay GH₵120,000 monthly every month just for satellite television subscriptions, President Mahama has cut that.”
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He reiterated that the Mahama-led government remains focused on eliminating wasteful expenditure and prioritizing projects that deliver real benefits to Ghanaians.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Hamdia Mohammed
