The Daily Graphic urges Ghanaians particularly residents of Accra, to respect the rules governing the erection of structures. The paper says, floods and their attendant problems will continue to be part of our daily endeavours during rainy seasons if residents fail to clear all unauthorized structures in the city. In the Graphics view, if residents and city authorities fail to enforce the laws which frown on the construction of structures at unauthorized places, Friday’s flood that hit Accra killing about 7 people will keep knocking at their door. The paper however believes that the city authorities will not wait for another catastrophe before they begin pontificating about ways to maintain discipline and order in the city.
The Ghanaian Times takes a look at scholarship. The, paper recalls the decision by government to review the basis for the award of scholarship for studies abroad. The move according to the Times follow s the announcement by the Vice President John Dramani Mahama, at the congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, questioning the basis for which the state should waste scarce currency to pay for certain courses overseas. The Times however concedes that every course , in the long term is useful but says there are also thousands of Ghanaian students paying huge sums of money at private universities just because there are not enough residential accommodation at the state universities. In the Opinion of the Times if the country has funds these are the projects it should spend on and not scholarships for less relevant courses.
The Public Agenda, calls on government to ensure the full implementation of persons with Disability Act. The paper says although Parliament has passed the Bill into Law government has not implemented the needed legislative instruments that will see to the realization and functioning of the provisions in the acts. As they celebrate the their anniversary of the passage of the Disability law and the national Day of the Disabled, the paper hopes that the Act will not just be another piece of legislation passed for its sake, but government and stakeholders will ensure the enforcement of its provisions.
