The Ghanaian Times appeals to the Ashanti Regional executives of the Ghana Journalist Association to help resolve the misunderstanding between the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Chief Executive, Madam Patricia Appiagyei and a section of the media. According to the paper Madam Appiagyei is reported to have accused the media in the region of thwarting the Assembly’s effort to develop the metropolis to a desired standard.The situation the Times says is creating hostilities between the two parties and the earlier an action is taken the better.
The Daily Graphic welcomes the mortgage scheme introduced by the HFC bank to provide homes for public servants.The paper says the move is a big relief for public servants since it will go a long way to ease the accommodation problems of workers.The paper encourages Ghanaians to become home owners by patronizing such schemes.It also urges the banks to provide competitive packages for workers seeking housing mortgages and ensure that the schemes remain attractive to Ghanaians.
The Chronicle commends the Judicial Service for their offer to designate specific courts to deal with election disagreements that will be associated with the December 2008 polls.The paper says the move is a step in the right direction since it will help dispose of election disputes as they arise before, during and after the elections. It however, reminded the Judicial Service that the promise should not remain rhetoric since the establishment of the election courts will go a long way to deepen the country’s democracy.
The Enquirer supports the call by the coalition of NGOs in water and sanitation to government to ban the use of light plastics and rather encourage paper bags. To the paper, plastic waste has become one of the most disturbing factors contributing to the sanitation menace hence the urgent need for government to intervene. The paper cites the recent rankings by UNICEF and WHO which placed Ghana 48th out of 52 countries in terms of sanitation as worrisome. The Enquirer is therefore appealing to government and AMA to be more concerned about the situation in order since to attract more people to visit the country.
The Statesman is surprised at the behaviour of the authorities whose duty it is to ensure that the perennial flooding in some parts of the capital becomes a thing of the past. According to the paper, almost every year Accra gets flooded whenever it rains and sometimes with serious consequences like death and destruction of individuals personal effects. The paper says whenever such situation arises authorities and government get agitated and quickly declare that wider drains be constructed to forestall a re-occurrence. In the paper’s view better efforts should be made in solving the problem instead of the usual rhetoric. It says government should have the political will to pull down houses on water ways and also involve communities in dredging gutters to allow for free flow of water whenever it rains.
