A senior lecturer at Accra Technical University, Dr. Ibrahim Zuberu has called on the executive and the legislature to take a second look at the Television Licence Act. According to him, the Act at its current state will unnecessarily burden the poor and send many to jail. He therefore wants the law reviewed so that … Read more
A Former Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), William Ampem Darko, says he stopped the collection of TV license fees from the public because it was not adequate to fund the state broadcaster. He said he preferred using internally generated funds to run the state firm instead of taking Ghp30 as TV license … Read more
TV License Fees – Just in case you have been wondering what the fuss has been all about; a large section of Ghanaians are enraged by the GBC’s controversial TV License law mandating the collection of license fees from persons or households owning TV sets. See Also: Smart Drivers’ License: Everything You Should Know About New … Read more
The minister-nominee for Information, Mustapha Hamid, says he will champion moves to make the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) effective and viable to the point that it can generate its own funds. He said he will also help GBC roll-out innovative ways of collecting TV licenses. Speaking before Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mustapha Hamid said he will … Read more
In July, 2016 at the entrance of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) hanged some red banners. In one of such banners were white-drawn human skulls. Scary; they were! In another banner, that was draped on a barricade directly to the drive-way of the nation’s broadcasting house, were a three-pointer warning. “No entry for board members. … Read more
The government will soon present a new bill to Parliament to amend the Television Licensing Act – 1966 (NLCD 89) which established the licence fees. The government will soon present a new bill to Parliament to amend the Television Licensing Act – 1966 (NLCD 89) which established the licence fees. The amendment is expected to … Read more