12th November, 2014

The Daily Graphic advocates the positive use of social media. The paper is worried that a section of society has turned the social platforms into sites of nudity, vulgarity and obscenity. It is in the midst of all these that the Graphic finds it heart-warming that a group of individuals has been able to raise about GH¢ 23,000.00 for a good cause using the same social media platform. The paper thinks DGG, a group of friends on facebook, does not only deserve commendation but also emulation for using facebook to solve a problem of society by renovating the Apagya R/C Primary School in the Adansi South District in the Ashanti Region. The Graphic believes it is possible to contribute to and improve society through the mobilizing power of social media as the DGG group has shown. 

The Ghanaian Times says the Auditor General's Report for the year ending December 31, exposed serious lapses in the administrative system. These include the violations of rules and regulations governing the disbursement of public funds, the flouting of policies and procedures of the assemblies and fraudulent practices in areas such as the School Feeding Programme. In the midst of the current economic crises, the Ghanaian Times thinks the only way to confront these challenges is to ensure probity and accountability in the handling of public finances. It therefore calls on government to ensure that public officials who have abused their positions of trust by engaging in financial malfeasance are duly sanctioned.

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