25th April, 2018

The Ghanaian Times finds this year's theme on Malaria day intriguing and challenging. The paper says it is heartbreaking that despite the gains made in fighting the disease, half of the world is still at risk which costs a child’s life every two minutes. In Ghana, available statistics indicate that malaria accounts for 36 percent of all out patient department (OPD) attendance. Also the disease causes seven percent of all deaths in the country. The Times hopes that as the disease caught global attention at the just ended commonwealth heads of government summit, the needed political and financial commitment will be channelled into fighting to totally eradicate malaria.

The Daily Heritage is scared at the rate at which the country's youth are abusing the drug, Tramadol. The paper wants the issue to be treated as a national one because of the involvement of the youth who are considered as the future manpower of the country. The daily heritage is tasking the police and the Food and Drugs Authority to give those importing the drug illegally into the country a run for their money as it is the surest way to address the abuse of the drug.

The Daily Graphic applauds the Ministry of Trade and Industry for the inauguration of a task force to stem the illegal sale of  pirated textiles in the country. As a laudable initiative to free the textiles sector of undesirable elements, the Graphic believes the efforts of the taskforce will not be successful as a result of a turf war between the textile industries and the sector ministries. The paper is of the view that the current misunderstanding between the two parties should be ironed out easily without allowing it  to stretch longer.  It calls for an end to the stalemate in order to allow the taskforce to get to work. 

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