Govt spends over 103 million cedis monthly on mobile phones

The Dispatch says the mobile phone companies in Ghana have reacted to concerns of Parliament that they provide poor quality service to the Ghanaian public and said their services are not too bad, especially since the government pays over 103 million cedis a month in mobile phone bills for some of its officials.

The officials include some in positions like the Office of the President, Ministers of state and their deputies, as well as district chief executives. The paper recalls that last Thursday, Parliament expressed grave concern about the quality of service being provided by mobile phone companies in Ghana.

The members, the Dispatch says, therefore urged the Ministry of Communications to take urgent steps to ensure that customers get value for money. The Legislature is also said to have called on the sector Minister to grant Ghana Telecom the facility to operate its intended national network to introduce competition.