According to Mr. Abdallah Musah ,the Vice President of the (NGSJF), they have researched, and are of the realization of the high level internet data fraud by Telcos, making the cost of internet very expensive in Ghana, as compared to other countries, a high cost lamented by the world bank, which urged the Communications ministry to adopt measures to bring the cost down to enable a lot Ghanaians or residents use the internet at affordable prices.
Speaking in a press conference in Accra, he said,“It is very unfortunate that the media, the big boys, etc are all quiet on the high cost of internet, for fear of not getting sponsorship from the Telcos. Even the political parties find it difficult to come out strongly to criticize these companies; MTN, VODAFONE, or AIRTELTIGO. Simply because, we have a firm belief that these Telcos sponsor political parties during electioneering campaigns, therefore, making it difficult for political parties to also come out to criticize them on the subject”.
He said, the worse is that in Ghana, there’s no consumer protection organization that protects the Ghanaian consumer, and if we even have such an organization, “they don’t even have a voice”.
“The worse of it all is that Ghanaians love being on Social media, which is so expensive, meaning that the average Ghanaian cannot save or invest money, since he/she is being extorted for paying much money for what he described as the desired internet.
According to him ,this is supported by the system like the big boys, organizations etc all because of money .So, there’s a big corruption there, that is exploiting the ordinary Ghanaian”, he stressed.