29th July, 2014

GHANAIAN TIMES: writes on the implementation of the Senchi Forum
report.  According to the paper, the recommendation for government to meet with political parties and major stakeholders who did not
participate in the forum is worth pursuing. The Times believes this
would ensure that all shades of opinion are brought on board, to
fine-tune the decisions, for their subsequent implementation. It therefore urges everybody to get involved in the on-going discussions so that a national consensus will be built for continued existence and
survival of the nation.
 
 
Finding solutions to our problems is how the DAILY GRAPHIC captions
its editorial. The paper says it is good that government spokespersons have moved away from defensive posturing to an engaging encounter, to explain present challenges of the economy and what government is doing
to address it. It calls for all hands to be on deck as a key to lead the process of economic rejuvenation and accommodate all views and ideas. The paper is encouraged by President Mahama's acknowledgement of the challenges and his assurance of addressing the concerns raised by Organised Labour. It adds that Ghanaians ought to step up their productive activities to shore up the value of the cedi and address the balance of trade.
 
 
THE TODAY NEWSPAPER: Urges the nations leaders to emulate  the
fore-bears by conducting politics in decency  and dignity rather than the use of abusive language. The paper says even though our fore fathers had different ideologies, they treated each other with respect unlike the current situation of insults and acrimony bedeviling partisan politics in the country. According to the paper, Ghanaians
must do what they can as a nation to ensure that sanity prevailed in
our body politic. The paper is therefore calling on President John Mahama to lead the way by punishing any appointee of his
administration who is found culpable of engaging in politics of insults.
 
 
THE ECONOMY TIMES  today captures its editorial as rising hope for the cedi. The paper says development in the foreign exchange market shows that the cedi relatively depreciated by twenty-six point seven percent
against the US dollar in the first half of this year compared with three-point-four percent depreciation over the same period last year.  According to the paper, it is refreshing that the Bank of Ghana has hope that the country's local currency, the cedi will rebound in the second half of the year. The paper believes that though measures
introduced recently would address the short term challenges, there is the need to continue to put in place medium term policies which will broaden the export base to reduce over reliance on a few primary export commodities.
 
 
THE DAILY HERITAGE : says the agricultural sector has lost its prime spot as the largest contributor to Gross Domestic Product to the services sector. It sights the fact that the youth do not see agriculture as a lucrative job opportunity as another major factor causing the decline of the sector. The Daily Heritage therefore welcomes the President's announcement yesterday on the willingness of
government to train and offer credit facility to persons desirous of venturing into agriculture.  The paper urges the youth to take up the challenge of embracing agriculture as a source of wealth and food production in the country.

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