15th September, 2017

The Daily Graphic supports Public Sector Workers in their quest to get funds transferred to their respective fund managers as they struggle with government over their tier 2 pension money. The paper calls on government to reciprocate the goodwill workers  demonstrated  when they agreed to an out of court settlement last February on the matter. It says relevant stakeholders such as the Ministry of Finance, the Labour Ministry, Bank of Ghana and the National Pensions Regulatory Authority should step in and resolve the issue before the aggrieved workers carry out their threat of nationwide strike.

The Ghanaian Times thinks it is not too late to consider roping in private schools to absorb the excess students being posted to public schools by the placement system. According to the paper, no student has been posted to a private school so far, which is contrary to government's promise to the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools, CHOPSS. It supports the belief by CHOPSS that the Ghana Education Service would involve them in the enrolment process and urged the GES to do so soon because private schools have been part of the computerised SHS system over the years.

The Daily Heritage calls for protection for persons living with HIV/AIDS. It says despite laws to protect persons living with HIV/AIDS against discrimination, the problem persists. The Heritage says the situation of stigmatisation has increasingly been recognised as the single most humiliating challenge to stopping the spread of the disease. The Daily Heritage therefore welcomes the new law by parliament which prescribes a three year jail term for persons who discriminate against people living with HIV/AIDS. It calls for the strict implementation of the law to serve as deterrent to others who may want to discriminate against any person living with AIDS. 

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