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Can Sam George 'shut down' DStv? - What the law says

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  • Kay 4 months ago

    When KT Hammond was fighting cement producers, NDC MPs stood aloof watching him.Today it is Sam Nartey George fighting alone,can he win?Both MPs had good intentions but we are too divided in thus country.

  • Kwamina Antwi 4 months ago

    I think its more to do about the person doing the 'fight', if for example Patrick Boamah was doing it, they will get massive support just as if Haruna is doing it now, there will be total silence and massive support. Will you ...
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  • Simeon London 4 months ago

    He can't do Foko!!!!

    It's about who's leading the fight. It's about the legality of it. The Minister's argument on population size as the basis for his argument using Nigeria, South Africa, Angola etc was inadequate. Yes ...
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  • Abena Asigbanu 4 months ago

    SIMEON BUGA BASABASA NDC DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ALL THIS ANALYSIS. THEY LIKE POPULIST NOISE AND PURE FOOLISHNESS. THE PROCESS FIR DETERMINING ALL THIS, INCLUDING PRICES ARE CLEARLY STATED BUT NDC WILL STUPIDLY USE SOCIAL MEDIA I ...
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  • GHANA IS FINISHED. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM, PERIOD! KEVIN TAYLOR HAS NOW GOT THE TRICK! DUNCAN WILLIAMS, ETC HAVE GOT THE TRICK AND MESSAGE! 4 months ago

    KEVIN TAYLOR, NEVER HOLD BRIEF FOR ANY GHANAIAN LEADER INCLUDING CHIEFS, PASTORS, POLITICIANS, THE TOP POLICE AND ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL, ETC..

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  • Adjei 4 months ago

    Do more digging to find out the network and associations of the person mentioned.it will shock you to find out who brought DSTV to Ghana

  • NOT EVEN MAHAMA CAN SHUT DOWN DSTV - WHO THE HELL IS BRAINLESS SAM GEORGE 4 months ago

    THE JUDGEMENT DEBT THAT WILL RESULT IF THEY DARE TO FOOLISHLY "SHUT DOWN" DSTV WILL BE SO HUGE THE ECONOMY OF GHANA WILL BE BANKRUPT. WE ARE IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY EHERE PRICES ARE NOT DICTATED BY GOVERNMENT, BUT BY MARKET ...
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  • Demetrius 4 months ago

    Did you read the law. Please stop the hypocrisy here.....

  • Kwame 4 months ago

    Sam George and the NCA need not do anything. We the subscribers will simply opt out. I have not renewed mine in the past 3 months and I have no intention of doing so if the fees are not reduced.

  • Dr Joojo deHeer 4 months ago

    Sam George is the right kind of person needed to fiercely restore the sanity we urgently need in the system. The sheer lack of accountability and impunity has been made to seep too deep into the strata of our economy and that ...
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  • ghana 4 months ago

    KT Hammond was just a fool. It is is public interest to revoke DsTV licence period

  • Kwadwo 4 months ago

    What stupid law. This DSTV guys are thieves and we must all rise up to supportbthe minister to force them to reduce the price.

  • SAM GEORGE AND SUPPORTERS ARE ILLITERATES! 4 months ago

    Has somebody put a gun to your head to subscribe to DSTV. Why don't you subscribe to GOTV which is Ghanaian.

    Does it mean if traders at Makola refuse to reduce their prices because the dollar has fallen the Minister of Tra ...
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  • K2 4 months ago

    I pity u as a man who will one day head a family. Etua wo yanko a, etua dua

  • Ghana Full of Illiterates! 4 months ago

    You fool! "It doesn't tua my nyonko" because nobody has forced me to subscribe to DSTV.

    I cannot afford it so I don't subscribe to it. The payment of my childrens school fees is a priority for me so I dont have extra mone ...
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  • Asem tu wuaaa..kwasiea biaa tuwu fu 4 months ago

    Before George talks about DStv prices being “unfair,” he should first understand how private businesses and premium products work. The car he’s even driving — if it’s a Mercedes — is a luxury brand from a private ...
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  • Attah Sey 4 months ago

    Do agree with you entirely, DSTV is a private business and doesn't force anybody to subscribe to its use,those who opt for it,thus so at their own will

  • Tordiah 4 months ago

    You’re an idiot. Both DStv and Gotv are entities of Multichoice.

  • Your illiteracy is showing through! 4 months ago

    You are an idiot! If DSTV is that much important to you that you cannot do without it pay for whatever they charge you.

    If you think the price is too high then you and your compatriot should refuse to subscribe to it like ...
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  • AGATAPORE(SANDEMA) 4 months ago

    THINK VERY WELL. MAKOLA WOMEN SELL CHOICY THINGS AND TV IA A NECESSITY. YOU NEED NEWS BUT NOT ALL WHAT MAKOLE WOMEN SELL.

  • Amoakoh 4 months ago

    Do you know that DStv has shares in Gotv? stop exhibiting your ignorance here if you don't have anything meaningful to say.

  • Brains 4 months ago

    GOTV is run by DSTV as well.

  • Jusafa 4 months ago

    You are rather a stunt illiterate. Armed robber like you. Idiot.

  • Abena Asigbanu 4 months ago

    FOOT SOLDIER NOISE AND ILLITERATE TALK.

    ABOAFUNU !!!!! RISE UP AND DO WHAT? WHEN WILL YOU GOOLS GE CIVILIZED? SOMEONE IS RUNNING HIS BUSINESS, YOU CAN DECIDE NOT TO REGISTER BUT CANNOT INSTRUCT HIM ON HOW TO HANDLE HIS FI ...
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  • Donkomi 4 months ago

    It seems Sam George wants to use 'takashi' in all his dealings. That's where the problem is, he should bear in mind that he's a minister of state and must use diplomacy as he's not on political campaign platform campaigning t ...
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  • K2 4 months ago

    Learn to be abreast with the issue at hand before u come out to comment. The minister met them and further engaged them for 30 days before coming out with the state engagement. What is the katashi in this, if you r part of t ...
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  • Ghana Full of Illiterates! 4 months ago

    Fool, what is next? The Minister of Transport forcing Africa World Airlines and Passionair to reduce their airfares so those travelling by road to Kumasi, Tamale and Sunyani can also afford to travel by air.

    So should they ...
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  • Divine 4 months ago

    See the foolishness in your argument. Always supporting gready bustard business people who are in to make super normal profit. What's your interest?

  • You need help to free yourself from corporate slavery! 4 months ago

    And weak minded individuals like you will sacrifice your children's school fees to pay for DSTV because you do not have control of your mind. You are slaves to businesses like DSTV.

    You need help to free yourself bro!

  • AGATAPORE(SANDEMA) 4 months ago

    YOU ARE STUPID

  • Sethoo 4 months ago

    No brain in your head bcoz of that you can't comment on the main topic.Who asked Sam George to fight on behalf of rich Ghanaians who subscribe to DStv?He for commot there

  • Star from the North 4 months ago

    Some Ghanaians are simple stupid and empty in terms of wisdom. What is it that Simeon London and his co-conspiracies knows that we didn’t know. Just because Ghana is operating a free market we should allow investors to flee ...
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  • K2 4 months ago

    Let's all stand with the minister. For me if they refuse to reduce their exorbitant prices, once my subscription ends never n never again. Say no to dstv in ghana

  • SAM GEORGE AND SUPPORTERS ARE ILLITERATES! 4 months ago

    Fool, has anyone forced you to watch EPL on DSTV. You can also give that money to the Local League by going to the stadium to watch Hearts of Oak play B.A United and you wont need to pay for DSTV.

    Resetting also means patr ...
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  • Tophey 4 months ago

    Gentleman, subscribing to DsTV is a choice. I have always subscribed to the FAMILY package and paid 190 cedis a few days ago becayse I think I cannot pay for the higher packages. With that package I watch la Liga and like put ...
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  • His Policy is Called "Mayibo Eeei Policy"! 4 months ago

    Everything to him has to be a threat and confrontational. If I don't get what I want from you I will hit you" Sam George is very one dimensional. HSam George is nothimng but a thug in suit and tie!

  • Pelicles. 4 months ago

    He is using the usual NDC "buga buga tactics" thinking that it will help him. Talk about the open market and how it works, he is clueless. DStv does not force people to subscribe to their services so what is his problem? If t ...
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  • Asantehene ba 4 months ago

    Useless Ghanaweb, who told you Ghanaians are divided over this directives? It is you and the NPP who are against our progress in this country. God will punish you and the NPP one by one. Mmoaaaaa

  • ME 4 months ago

    It is very sad for a minister to compare prices of services in other countries like Nigeria to Ghana. IT IS ABOUT DEMAND AND SUPPLY. What is Ghana's population compared to Nigeria? There is more to the pricing than what he un ...
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  • De worshipper 4 months ago

    Kwadwo, what's your responsibility as a good citizen of Ghana, if you see a thief or thieves? We all are calling for reduction, I stopped paying my subscription about 2 or 3 years ago due to high subscription, but you shouldn ...
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  • Trumu trumu de worshipper is that you? 4 months ago

    Which God to you worship trumu trumu worshipper. You think you can mock God. Were you you expecting trumu trumu relationship with me when you came to my studios. You didn't pay me you want to tarnish my image with you devili ...
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  • AGATAPORE(SANDEMA) 4 months ago

    PARLIAMENT SHOULD COME IN NOW AND PASS A LAW WHERE NO GOVT. SHOULD SIGN A CONTRACT EXCCEEDING ITS TENURE IN OFFICE . IF ANY DOES, THEN THAT PRESIDENT HAS CROSSED THE RED LINE AND MUST BE PROSECUTED.

  • Kwasi 4 months ago

    Yes he can per your write up. He should go ahead and SHUT THEM DOWN. Ghanaians are watching.

  • Bobby 4 months ago

    As cheap as dstv subscription fee is in nigeria,nigerian private investors are introducing different pay tv decorders with more entertainment channels and sports including premier league just to bring lesser pricing and compe ...
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  • SALIFU MOHAMMED KABORE 4 months ago

    Sam is right in

  • Wise Man. 4 months ago

    Yes off course he can shut down DStv.Ghana doesn't belong to DStv.

  • Dame Dash 4 months ago

    YOU AND WHO ARE DIVIDED?..THIS IS VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD..PRICE ADJUSTMENT IS QUITE A FAIR DEAL BASED ON INFO WITH FIGURES TO WHAT NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES PAY..THE ONLY PROBLEM HERE IN MY OPINION IS THE WAY AND HOW THE HON. MI ...
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  • moyoyo 4 months ago

    Good job minister

  • gh 4 months ago

    until we sam george things, nothing will work in this country, trade minister should also watch foreign businessmen, Lebanese treat Ghanaians like piece of crap

  • gh 4 months ago

    If we can shut down ghana tv station and radio stations because of one or two things, there is nothing wrong shutting down foreign businesses for cheating ghanaians..

  • Kofi Seaman. 4 months ago

    Alright,Hon Dzata, please extend the time to cover what the law says in writing to them. We are behind you. That thievery must stop. So many entities come to Ghana to milk the people. Now we have a good person in charge who t ...
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  • Guy 4 months ago

    For how long are they going to exploit us

  • As long as your stupidity allows you! 4 months ago

    As long as you are stupid enough to give your money to them. It will be cheaper for you to dump their decoder in the rubbish bin and save yourself all the unnecessary headache in subscription cost. Case closed. Cest finis!

  • Kweku Awotwi 4 months ago

    Sam George of NDC is just like Hawa Koomson of NPP, some people just hate them k3k3, for those sort of people, 1+1= will be 3 0r 4 in some people's eyes.

  • Joe Sam 4 months ago

    Does Dzata Sam have any alternative to DSTV??? I have NoraGO TV which works fine in Ghana. All yon need is Internet and Boom you are good with 500 Live Channels and VOD movies. Contact me on Telegram @netmixtv to enjoy...

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  • Ghanaba kwaku 4 months ago

    He is shutting it down and bring his own network or what?
    That sort of kukukuku, won't work oo.

  • Ghanaba kwaku 4 months ago

    Why are people soo worried about DSTV as if it is force to watch it. If you can't afford their services just avoid their services. Remember DSTV is not a public corporation.it is private business.

  • BRIGHT 4 months ago

    Let's support the Minister regardless of your political affiliation. DSTV charges are too high. If it goes well other businesses will learn as well to bring prices down. Good Job Mr. Minister!

  • Yaw 4 months ago

    Sam george seeks too much populist attention. He must cease this public show off and act like a minister. How can a whole minister enter into public argument with a business entity? What we need are sufficient laws like they ...
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  • Kwame panin 4 months ago

    young and inexperienced. Some of us pay full year and u want to stop us from watching?

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  • Opoku Mensah 4 months ago

    Every Ghanaian citizen supports Sam George 1000%, except the NPPigs who prioritise political power over the progress of the country.

  • Kwame 4 months ago

    Hmmmm Opoku Mensah exactly so, the NPPigs would would rather see Ghana destroyed to satisfy their inordinate desire for power .

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  • Truth 4 months ago

    This should be a national fight against DSTV. We shouldn't look at the stupidity from Sam George for politicising everything during the past Government. The minister is very useless and stupid but wei de3 lets support him

  • A WHOLE MINISTER DOESNT UNDERSTAND FREE MARKET ECONOMICS!!! 4 months ago

    Sam George lives in the 1979 era of price control. He needs to get back into 2025!

  • File 4 months ago

    Why are the NDC politicians not backing and supporting Sam George. Sam Gorge is fighting a due cause, on the side of poor Ghanaians but his colleagues in the political grounds have distance themselves from him. This how local ...
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  • Honorary President 4 months ago

    This sounds like NPP. Why not negotiate?

  • Haooo 4 months ago

    A more fire Dzata!!!!

  • Kwame Peter 4 months ago

    The Arrogant fool is trying to copy Nigerian sector Minister wrongly,the Minister took DStv to court and won,besides Nigeria is a market of 230 million people and DStv could not afford to lose it,Sam George should take counse ...
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  • BBUS 4 months ago

    Idiots. Stupid question. DSTV is ripping us off and we are here arguing if the minister can shut them down. Ghana will NEVER prosper with such fools

  • Jerry 4 months ago

    I think we need consumer protection body in Ghana. Its long overdue

  • AB 4 months ago

    It’s not about who is right. In all situations, negotiations is the best way to go. Resorting to the media space to threaten is usually not encouraged.

    The Hon. Minister may need to review and change his tactics in exerc ...
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  • Joko 4 months ago

    What will be the next course of action. To tell British airways to reduce flight tickets

  • Hahaha 4 months ago

    He should just shutdown DAMNED ASWHOLE DSTV FUCKING MOTHER FUCKER TV

  • Joy 4 months ago

    Yes he can to affect Ghanaian football lovers! Hahahaha. All that is important is for him to negotiate the price to help Ghanaians

  • Obroniba 4 months ago

    Majority of Ghanaians supports Sam Dzata G. Is only idiots with no manners and dignity who will think otherwise. If DSTV fail to reduce charges, kick them out so we can enjoy GTV. They have cheated us far too long. Kick them ...
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  • Yaw 4 months ago

    You think it’s that simple ! Go ahead and expect retaliatory action from SA government if this is not carried out diligently.

  • Jojo 4 months ago

    Honourable Sam George God bless you so much for being a voice for the people cos DSTV Ghana has exploited Ghanaians for far too long.We are solidly behind you.Let’s support the minister cos these people don’t respect Ghan ...
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  • Pelicles. 4 months ago

    Do you understand what you are saying or just the usual NDC nonsense? The open market is competitive, and prices of goods and services cannot be the same. Go to countries like the US, and they have a lot of cable companies, a ...
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  • Kojois 4 months ago

    I don't blame him. I blame the one who appointed him. Reading Agric at university is different from communication. But in ghana any stupid person with no experience can become a minister so what do you expect. Noise making.

  • Pelicles. 4 months ago

    Sam George, close the DStv down and let Ghanaians who worked there go home and chew stones because closing down businesses is the hallmark of NDC, and the action of Sam George does not surprise some of us at all.

    Ghanaians ...
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  • Adjei 4 months ago

    I expect the parliamentary select committee on communications to champion other challenges facing Ghanaian like the starlink contract and presence in Ghana. How it can impact us more positively, prevent siphoning our little U ...
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  • Pius 4 months ago

    Of course he can choose not to renew the license.

  • WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF DSTV SUBSCRIBERS? 4 months ago

    Using Ghana's population size is defective. What we need to establish dominance is the number of subscribers to DSTV's subscribers. Why is Sam George begging the issue with making population size comparisons. I dare say the M ...
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