{"id":74899,"date":"2014-12-17T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=74899"},"modified":"2014-12-17T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T14:38:06","slug":"ghanaians-start-paying-tv-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/ghanaians-start-paying-tv-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians to start paying TV license again"},"content":{"rendered":"
Government has put measures in place for the reintroduction of TV licenses in the country following cabinet’s approval of the ‘modalities’ involved in the distribution of the funds accrued from the licenses.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Communications, Edward Omane Boamah, said the processes for the re-introduction of the license were far advanced with the proposal receiving cabinet’s approval earlier in the year.<\/p>\n
His announcement came in response to a call by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwesimintsim, Joe Baidoo-Ansah for the re-introduction of the TV license scheme during deliberations on the Communications Ministry\u2019s GH\u00a2 298 million budget for 2015 in parliament.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”6iKg21208tGfoowMqlxaxG3J5u5KPf6K”]\u201cLet me give the assurance that cabinet has already approved, six months ago, the new modalities that we are to adopt in the distribution of whatever is accrued from the TV licensing,\u201d Dr. Omane Boamah said on the floor of Parliament.<\/p>\n