20th September, 2016

Daily Graphic: Unlocking the development potential of the savannah zone is how the Daily Graphic captions its editorial. According to the paper, since 2014, when a new board and a Chief Executive Officer, Charles Abugre took office, SADA has initiated various interventions aimed at strengthening its internal controls, plugging loopholes and reforming its operational structures to ensure that resources allocated to it are used judiciously. The paper says while there is still more to be done, given the task that lies ahead, the time has come for the entire nation to rally behind SADA and get it to accomplish its statutory mandate. It challenges the political leaders to end the lip-service it applies to the development of the savannah ecological zone and rather let it be at the centre of the development process. The Paper adds that it is high time the nation rallied behind SADA to enable it to accomplish its statutory mandate. It notes that this can be achieved by strengthening its internal controls, plugging loopholes and reforming its operational structures to ensure that resources allocated to it are used judiciously. 

The Ghanaian Times hails Wa All Stars for emerging tops in the league after a fiercely contested football season which was decided on the penultimate match-day of the season against second placed side Aduana Stars from Berekum in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The paper congratulates the team for their feat and urges other so called 'small clubs' to emulate the heroic example of the playing body of Wa All Stars, whose names have been written in gold following their exploit. The Ghanaian Times called on the Ghana Football Association and Corporate Ghana to endeavour to pay attention to the league by investing to support teams such as Wa All Stars who have not only made themselves proud but the entire country.
                          
The Finder expresses concern about the recent events that characterised the conduct of the limited registration and verification exercise by the Electoral Commission. The paper says the blatant display of destruction and other acts of lawlessness mostly by sympathizers of the two leading political parties during such a simple exercise is unacceptable. The paper believes that exercising ones democratic right of voting to choose a preferred leader in any civilised society should happen with ease and not a do-or-die affair. The Finder is calling on appropriate institutions to tackle these acts of violence head on to ensure peaceful elections in December. 

GBC