A netizen on X has launched a scathing attack on the John Mahama-led government following the proposed NITA Bill 2025, seeking to charge GH¢20,000 for fintech entities’ accreditation and GH¢10,000 for e-commerce service provider accreditation.
The netizen noted that the NDC government claimed the One Million Coders initiative is “free,” yet the hidden agenda appears to be making each participant pay GHC10,000 for licensing.
He also disclosed that if one million people are charged GHC10,000 each, the Mahama government will be pocketing GHC10bn under the guise of empowerment.
In a post on X, the netizen wrote, “Wicked govt. You claim the One Million Coders initiative is ‘free,’ yet the hidden agenda appears to be making each participant pay GHC10,000 for licensing. If one million people are charged, that’s potentially GHC10bn being pocketed under the guise of empowerment.
@JDMahama”.
The netizen was replying to a post by Stephen Frimpong, who also called out President Mahama about the direction of the proposed NITA Bill.
In his post, he asserted that President Mahama openly spoke about how rigid and traumatic teaching methods could have killed your own interest in engineering, adding that the same lesson applies to innovation ecosystems.
In his post, he wrote, “Mr President @JDMahama, This is exactly why many young people are worried about the direction of the proposed NITA Bill.
You openly spoke about how rigid and traumatic teaching methods could have killed your own interest in engineering.
That same lesson applies to innovation ecosystems, too.
Young people grow through curiosity, experimentation, practical exposure, trial and error, and the freedom to build, not excessive fear, bureaucracy, and permission-first systems too early.
Yet many of the valid concerns being raised around the impact of this bill on STEM, startups, freelancing, self-learning, experimentation, and youth innovation still feel insufficiently addressed.
We are not against regulation.
We are asking for balance before we accidentally discourage the very generation we are trying to inspire into STEM and technology”.
Meanwhile, Sam George, the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations of Ghana, has replied to the Ghana Tech community following concerns raised about the NITA Bill 2025.
According to Sam George, the Ministry is simply enforcing existing legislation that has been on our books since 2008, 2023 and 2025.
He further disclosed that the proposed new legislation has not even been laid before Parliament.
Sam George further stressed that “criticisms that jump on bandwagon trends and fail to be based on fact are treated with contempt because they are not only mischievous but intended to misinform”.
In a post on X, Sam George wrote, “I have always reiterated that personally and officially, I am always open to informed and constructive criticism and opinions.
Criticisms that jump on bandwagon trends and fail to be based on fact are treated with contempt because they are not only mischievous but intended to misinform.
To all the ‘IT Professionals’ who all of a sudden are making all manner of spurious claims that the @MoCDTI through its Agency – @NITAGhana – is acting illegally, please read the National Information Technology Agency Act, 2008 (Act 771), Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772), the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 2023 (L.I. 2481) and the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments) Regulations 2025 (L.I. 2512).
The Ministry is simply ENFORCING existing legislation that has been on our books since 2008, 2023 and 2025. The proposed new legislation has NOT even been laid before Parliament.
I welcome anyone to point out which specific action of the Agency is NOT backed by a provision under the stated legislation. We have a Country to build, and we will ensure enforcement and sanity in our Technology space. Cheers”.
See the post below:
Wicked govt. You claim the One Million Coders initiative is “free,” yet the hidden agenda appears to be making each participant pay GHC10,000 for licensing. If one million people are charged, that’s potentially GHC10bn being pocketed under the guise of empowerment. @JDMahama
— Mekosum (@Mekosum1) May 23, 2026
