31st July, 2018

The Daily Graphic says due to economic challenges, many people, in their quest to.

earn a living have taken to hawking or other forms of selling to make ends.

meet.

And in their quest to catch the attention of pedestrians to buy their wares, they.

take over the pavements and portions of the street eventually blocking a whole lane and.

reducing multiple lanes to two or one.

The Daily Graphic is therefore saddened that the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) are.

sitting aloof while these hawkers generate filth and cause heavy traffic.

The paper believes that the time has come for MMDAs to live up to their.

responsibilities by enforcing bye laws to the letter.

The paper states that we cannot wait for incidents like what happened in Ashaiman where.

a truck veered off its lane and ran into traders killing one person and injuring.

six others before we undertake fire fighting for a few days.

It therefore urges political leaders not to interfere with the actions taken by MMDAs and.

also asks the public to fully support any move to decongest the cities and allow.

for free movement of pedestrians and vehicles for the safety of all.

The Ghanaian Times is of the opinion that it is in the interest.

of artisanal fishing to have a temporary ban on fishing to help with the regeneration.

of fish stock for the good of all.

The paper is therefore appealing to fishermen to consider the precarious situation of our fish.

stock and help the government to achieve sustainable artisanal fishing.

The paper also urges the government to do more for aquaculture development, by empowering the.

youth with the resources to venture into that area.

The Today Newspaper says the unavailability of traffic lights and the faulty nature.

of existing ones is frightening.

The paper believes that faulty traffic lights are the cause of many accidents and theft.

on the roads at night.

It is therefore calling on MMDAs to collaborate with the Department of Urban Roads to.

fix dysfunctional and broken down traffic lights in cities and towns to address the security.

threat posed to road users.

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