19th January, 2015

The Daily Graphic welcomes the decision by the Minister of Power to take steps to collect about GH¢ 22 billion owed the ECG, a chunk of which is by Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The paper finds it distasteful that state institutions that are supposed to know better are profiting from the misery and frustration of Ghanaians. The Graphic says it will take the Minister by his words and effectively monitor to see how the debt collection works out. It says taking the exercise seriously will send a powerful message to the public that the Ministry is bent on bringing about reforms in the power sector. The paper urges ECG to tighten the loose ends to ensure that it gets money to invest in the improvement of its operations. 

The Telegraph is alarmed by frequent reports of the exposure of children to harm and avoidable death. According to the paper, in recent years, many children have been burnt alive in domestic fires, fallen into pits, wells and manholes. It says recent reports by the Ghana National Commission on Children revealed that though Ghana was the first country to ratify the UN Convention on Rights of the Child, the country has not achieved much in terms of the goals set in the national action plan for promoting and protecting the rights of children. The Commission cited lack of enforcement of the legislation intended to protect the child and harmful cultural practices in some parts of the country as of the reasons. The paper therefore urges the government to study the problem with a view to determining how the country's children may be better protected.

GBC