The Times has as its top story a warning by the police about child kidnapping. It says the Police has expressed concern about the kidnapping of children, a new trend that criminals have adopted to extort money from parents. The Director-General of Criminal Investigation Department, Frank Adu Poku said three complaints of abduction of children have been reported to the police this year. He said the police are firmly on the ground to stem the trend before it takes root.
Also carried on the front page of the Times is a story captioned "Don’t sabotage school feeding, assembly officials warned". The story say the National Co-ordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Michael Nsowah has cautioned officials of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies not to frustrate the programme by unnecessarily delaying payments to caterers. Mr. Nsowah was reacting to concerns raised by the Greater Accra Regional GSRP Caterers Association at a meeting in Accra .
The Daily Graphic has as one of its front page stories, an assurance by government that proceeds from the Vodafone deal would be invested into infrastructural development. According to the paper the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwadwo Baah examples of investments include the construction of 15 kilometres of tarred roads in each of the 230 districts as well as the construction of first roads in all cocoa growing areas in the country. In another front page story, the Graphic has a picture of the Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, the running of the NPP ticket, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharabutu, in a chat after attending Friday prayers at the Abossey Okai Central Mosque. In a story accompanying the picture, the NPP running mate Dr. Bawumia is reported to have said that his call to politics is one of sacrifice and service to the nation.
The Daily Graphic welcomes moves by government to invest a large percentage of money from the sale of majority shares in Ghana Telecom in projects that will benefit all Ghanaians. The Graphic urges government to institute stringent monitoring systems to ensure that monies invested are well accounted for. The paper also calls on all Ghanaians to monitor the use of the revenue from the sale of GT so that this transaction does not end up like the previous divestitures of state properties whose revenue has not been accounted for up to date.
The Ghanaian Times is happy about the inauguration of a shea butter factory at Kasalgu in the northern region which presents a ray of hope for the economy. The paper notes that the advent of the shea butter factory means more paid employment for women in the region and improvement in the lives of many families. Apart from boosting the rural economy, the paper says the shea butter factory will encourage others to enter that field or start allied business to feed the factory.
