Sam Nartey George, Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, has responded to critics against his decision to set up a committee to reduce the cost of data.
According to Sam George, he would not allow his critics to drag him, so if the year ends and he deliver, they must give him his flowers.
Many Ghanaians are of the view Sam George does not need a committee before he can reduce data costs.
One of the speakers on the Street Is Watching On YouTube podcast stated, “He is going to set up a committee for this project, which is very laudable if 80% of your total for running a cell site is based on power and the cost of power is reduced drastically for the telcos, meaning they have no other option than to reduce it”.
“What keeps us connected is the internet and data, so we can never leave without it, the public is a backlash to it, I understand, because we have seen one group of people run the country, and they have set up a committee, and we didn’t see anything”, he added.
He further stated, “He said by the end of the year, there should be some form of activity when it comes to communication; we can only drag him when the year ends and we don’t see anything”.
Sam George, reacting to a video by the Street Is Watching On YouTube, wrote on X, “I love this analysis. There is a chain reaction that leads to the cost build-up. We would unravel it and deliver. I would not allow you to drag me. Walahi! 😜. If I deliver too, you got given me my flowers. Deal? 🦁🇬🇭”.
Meanwhile, a Ghanaian based in the Netherlands now a Dutch citizen Kofi Gabs has fired shots at the communication minister Sam George.
According to Kofi Gabs, Sam George does not need to set up a committee before reducing the cost of data.
See the post below:
I love this analysis. There is a chain reaction that leads to the cost build up. We would unravel it and deliver. I would not allow you to drag me. Walahi! 😜. If I deliver too, you got given me my flowers. Deal? 🦁🇬🇭 https://t.co/AeKHgMhOfm
— Sam ‘Dzata’ George 🦁🇬🇭 (@samgeorgegh) February 10, 2025
