21st April, 2016

The Daily Graphic urges the EC to embark on public education on the limited registration exercise, which could only be started after the CI had been passed. The paper therefore calls on the leadership of political parties to rein in their supporters, for them not to interfere unnecessarily in the exercise else they risk sanctions. The Graphic prays the EC to ensure that all equipment needed for the registration functions properly and are manned by well-trained personnel before the D-day with an effective back-up plan in place.

The Ghanaian Times writes on the Ghanaian love for foreign goods. It bemoans people's lack of interest in locally manufactured goods. The paper attributes this to the prestige attached to them by consumers and the relatively lower prices of these foreign goods. It says certain symbols like the Adinkra design and other wax prints are now produced in China and in the far East and imported into the country to be sold at cheap prices. The Times says local industries started by Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and other administrations have either folded up or struggling to survive. It says the Kantanka Vehicles, Defence Industries Holding Company Footwear and other local industries should be assisted by government and other philanthropists to help keep the Nation's identity alive.
                        
Today Newspaper gives thumbs up to the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, PURC, for its decision to take on the ECG for negligence of duty. The decision follows the failure of the ECG to replace faulty meters for a number of consumers which incur extra cost in the use of electricity. The paper says some consumers of the ECG feel the PURC is not protecting them from what they deem exploitation by the ECG and are only visible in times of tariff increment. The Today Newspaper applauds the PURC for the monitoring it did following complains by consumers and says the decision will compel the ECG and other Utility Companies like the Ghana Water company Limited to take customers seriously.   

The Daily Heritage explains that one form of incumbency abuse occurs when government officials use State resources at their disposal to gain undue political advantage over other political parties. According to the paper, the hard truth is that all regimes are culpable, and should not be attributed to only a particular government. Drastic reforms must be put in place that would be binding on all regimes to ensure an equal playing field for all parties.

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