Ranking Member on Parliament’s Information and Communications Committee, Matthew Nyindam, has urged Communications Minister Sam George to focus on reducing data costs and improving digital access rather than pursuing what he described as controversial policy proposals.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on June 4, Nyindam said Ghanaians expect economic relief in the digital sector:

"We must get serious in this country. People queued to vote for the NDC and for the minister to come and serve them better. We have a lot of concerns under his ministry, and I will appeal to him to focus more on how best we can reduce data, how best we can make phone calls affordable and move away from the kind of things that he's been saying," he said.

He was reacting to the minister’s disclosure that government is preparing a policy proposal requiring users to verify their identity before accessing pornographic websites in Ghana.

Nyindam questioned the relevance of the proposal, asking: "Today, he goes out there and he says that he's trying to bring a proposal to Parliament or even Cabinet that adults who want to access pornographic websites identify themselves with their ID cards. What are the benefits to the ordinary Ghanaian?"

He continued: "I want to go and watch a pornographic film somewhere, and you, as a minister, your concern is that you want to identify the person who is going to that website. And what is the benefit to the ordinary Ghanaian who queued to vote for him?"

Nyindam said government should instead prioritise data pricing, job creation and the “1 million coders” programme, asking: "The young men who voted for him, the one million coders they’ve promised- how far has he been able to do that?"

He also criticised delays in legislative reforms, saying: "He has promised to bring 15 bills to Parliament; as we speak, not even a single bill is in Parliament."

Nyindam urged the ministry to focus on policies that deliver immediate and tangible benefits to citizens rather than what he described as distractions from core development issues.