The Ghanaian Times has as its top story the Ashaiman Police investigating the mysterious deaths of six people in the municipality within the past two weeks. According to the District Police Commander, DSP Laar Barman, four of the victims who are men are suspected to have been lynched while two might have been killed elsewhere and their bodies dumped at different locations in the area. He said last Thursday for instance, the body of a female adult was found in a nearby bush close to the Golf City in Ashaiman.
Also carried as a front page story, is the first partnership conference of the Ghana National Fire Service. The paper shows the Minister of the Interior, Dr. Addo Kufuor in chat with Nana Frimpong Anokye Ababio, Chairman of the Fire Service Council, Felix Ferkah, the Chief Fire Officer and Charles Stanley-Pierre member of the Fire Service Council.
The lead story of the Daily Graphic is a statement by the Director of Finance of the National Lottery Authority, Charles Mensah describing as false and misleading claims by the Ghana Lotto Operators Association that as many as one million jobs will be lost if private lotto operation is outlawed. According to Mr. Mensah the totality of private lotto operators that existed before the promulgation of the National Lotto Authority Act did not and could not have employed more than three thousand people.
EDITORIALS
The Ghanaian Times describes as shameful that Ghana is ranked 48th out 52 African countries with bad sanitation. The paper finds it a matter of great concern that in this international year of sanitation, Ghana’s name is being quoted not among sanitation pacesetters, but among embarrassing global statistics.
The Daily Graphic is disappointed that almost three months after the president directed the removal of duties on some imported food items; there are still complaints about high food prices on the market. It says government needs to be more stringent in demanding that the relief packages achieve their intended purposes. The paper notes that if such good policies do not benefit the ordinary person, then perhaps, government may have to find other ways of directing such tax cuts for the benefit of Ghanaians.
The Daily Guide is worried about ethnic politics that has reared its ugly lead in Ghana. The paper believes such trends do not support the building of a nation. The Daily Guide urges Ghanaians not to allow ethnic politics to gain foothold in the country.
The Ghanaian Voice analyzes the contribution of parents and teachers to the overall academic performance of students. The paper calls for a survey of the results of students in other countries that subscribe to the West African Examinations Council to determine whether the situation is peculiar to Ghana. It urges students to take advantage of the television programme initiated by the President for Science, Mathematics and English lessons.
The Chronicle expresses worry over another looming Hajj fiasco. It says after all the hullabaloo that surrounded last year’s Hajj; organizers have not learn any lesson. The paper believes that it is about time government called all the factions to order, if this year’s Hajj is to be successful.
