The Jubilee House has prohibited the usage of DSTV and other satellite television subscriptions, and President John Mahama has plans to expand the regulation to include other government agencies.
According to the administration, the action is a part of a larger cost-cutting plan to cut back on unnecessary public spending and show government humility.
Felix Ofosu Kwakye, the Minister of State for Government Communications, revealed in an interview with JoyNews that no office at the president is now permitted to have a pay-TV subscription. "I can reveal to you that if you come to this house, there's no office in this house that is allowed to subscribe to DSTV or any satellite television," he said. "You would say that that is a trivial matter, but he has done that.
Because when you computed the cost, it was significant money," myjoyonline.com quotes him as saying.
