GH¢120K saved monthly as Mahama cancels Jubilee House TV subscriptions - Felix Kwakye

Government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama has halted monthly satellite television subscriptions at the Jubilee House resulting in monthly savings of GH¢120,000.

Speaking in an interview on GTV on Friday, June 20, 2025, as monitored by GhanaWeb Business, Ofosu Kwakye disclosed that the government has been spending GH¢120,000 monthly on satellite subscriptions.

He explained that this expense was unnecessary and could be used to improve basic infrastructure in underprivileged communities.

"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 120,000 Ghana Cedis just paying for subscriptions to satellite television, satellite channels in this house. President Mahama has cancelled all of that," he said.

According to him the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration's excessive spending at the presidency consumed huge sums of money.

He criticised the previous government on spending on luxury items while basic services in rural areas suffered.

"There are communities in AEK that whose water problems you can resolve with 1,000 Ghana Cedis. And I have done that as MP. 1,000 Ghana Cedis, because perhaps a pump is poor, so you need to replace a part," he stated.

He added 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 120,000 Ghana Cedis every month just for satellite television subscriptions, President Mahama has cut that."

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— GTV Ghana (@GTV_Ghana) June 20, 2025