DStv has contradicted the Ghana Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, following his announcement that Ghanaian DStv subscribers will enjoy between 33% to 50% increased value.
According to Sam George, MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offers specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Speaking at a media briefing, Sam George stated, “MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offer only in Ghana, which will result in Ghanaian DStv subscribers getting more services for less”.
“Depending on the DStv package or bouquet you use, subscribers will get between 33% to 50% more value,” he added.
Under the arrangement, subscribers on the GHS59 Padi Bouquet will be upgraded to the Access Bouquet valued at GHS99, gaining 35 more channels and saving 40 per cent. Access Bouquet subscribers (GHS99) will move to the GHS190 Family Bouquet and save 48 per cent.
Family Bouquet users (GHS190) will be bumped up to Compact (GHS380) and enjoy live football matches, with a value increase of 50 per cent. Compact subscribers (GHS380) will receive the Compact Plus package (GHS570), saving 33 per cent.
Compact Plus (GHS570) will get Premium (GHS865) with 18 extra channels and a 34 per cent value gain. Premium subscribers will retain current content and also enter a draw to win fully paid trips to selected Premier League matches.
However, DStv has come out to say the new value-offer increases are a promotion lasting until December 31.
According to DStv, customers who don’t pay enough to be active on their current package will not have access to the higher package.
DStv, in a statement issued to answer frequently asked questions, made this known.
Meanwhile, Kofi Kapito, the Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), has fired shots at the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George.
According to Kofi Kapito, Sam George promised the Ghanaian people a reduction in DStv prices but did a 419.
Kofi Kapito argued that he gets upset when the media keeps saying the DSTV deal is unprecedented.
He emphasised that there is nothing unprecedented about what Sam George did, as DSTV does promotions all the time.
Speaking in an interview on Metro TV, Kofi Kapito fumed, “You know, I get upset when I hear the media saying this is unprecedented. What is unprecedented about what he did? This guy has done us 419”
“The minister promised a reduction in cost and not an increase in bouquet channels. DSTV does promotions all the time, buy one, get one free, that is not a fight for consumers. He has shot himself in the foot”, Kapito said.
He added, “This is not permanent. So, is that what we bargained for?”
Kofi Kapito continued, “The minister has shot his foot. I mean, you know, it doesn’t make any sense because when you are too exuberant, as Minister Sam George. This is what happens to you.
It is the second time that he’s telling us this thing. You remember when the data promises, the same thing. Then he told us that, oh, he’s bargaining for more data for us.
This crocro the john thing that he does is you stop, and he talks too much. He’s not. He’s not the only king in Ghana”.
“If we had threatened a boycott, DSTV would have listened. The minister should have been the last person to intervene”, he suggested.
Also, Bernard Mornah, the former National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has explained how Sam Nartey George failed to achieve a reduction in the DStv subscription fee.
According to Bernard Mornah, Sam George promised Ghanaians a reduction in DStv prices and not an increase in packages.
Speaking on the CTV panel discussion, Bernard Mornah explained, “That is not what Sam George promised us; that is not what the minister promised us. If you have failed, tell the people of Ghana I did not succeed. I hit a rock for us all to admit it was something that you wanted to do, but could not do.
But don’t turn around and come and tell us you have achieved more than you wanted to achieve. When that happens, the deception becomes too much”.
He continued, “Because I am seeking a reduction in the prices that I am paying, which did not happen, I was not seeking an increase in the packages; that is not what everyone was complaining about. I am very disappointed.
You are doing something for all Ghanaians, and you go and don’t succeed, you can say that ‘countrymen and women, what I wanted to achieve I could not achieve’. But to come and tell us you did not achieve what you wanted, but what you wanted was less than what you have succeeded in, is spite in our face”.
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