Former Upper East Regional Minister, Professor Avea Ephraim Nsoh, has commended Communication Minister, Hon. Nartey Sam George, for his firm stance that led to a reduction in DSTV subscription prices for Ghanaians.
In a strongly-worded statement, Prof. Nsoh described the legislator’s intervention as “exemplary,” stressing that such decisive actions are what Ghana needs to protect citizens from exploitative corporate practices.
“Let me say emphatically without equivocation that Hon. Sam George was and is still spot on in taking the decision to go after DSTV to reduce their killer charges,” Prof. Nsoh said.
According to him, Ghana’s development requires “progressive radical leaders” who are willing to stand up for the vulnerable, citing other figures such as Kwame Agboadza, Dr. Zenator Rawlings, Mintah Akandoh, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Dr. Asiamah of the Bank of Ghana, and Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor as examples of leaders taking bold steps to protect citizens’ interests.
Prof. Nsoh emphasized that social democratic governance must ensure strong regulation of the private sector to prevent “arbitrary and reckless profiteering,” especially at a time when many Ghanaians are struggling below the poverty line.
“We cannot allow profit-driven businesses to overprice the mostly deprived population out of survival,” he argued, adding that Hon. Sam George was right to demand affordable DSTV and data prices.
He also backed Ablakwa’s push for lower passport fees, Agboadza’s insistence on accountability in public contracts, and Dr. Asiamah’s regulatory reforms in the forex market as steps that reflect true social democratic principles.
Taking a swipe at critics, Prof. Nsoh dismissed the views of some consumer association leaders who claimed Sam George was wrong. “This is not an NPP government. They believe in survival-for-the-fittest capitalist market-oriented economic policies. But under social democracy, the state has a responsibility to protect its people,” he maintained.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
