4th July, 2014

THE DAILY GRAPHIC: expresses concern over using part of International Development Agency, IDA's loan to procure sanitary pads for students in Senior High School.  The paper says, the 156 million dollar loan will be used to finance the country's Secondary School education improvement project promised by the President.  According to the paper,  Parliament was divided over the use of the IDD loan to purchase houses dresses, uniforms, PE kits, sanitary pads, school bags and shoes, as well as pay the school examination fees and provide transport to schools.  It says, the sector Minister Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has defended the deal explaining, that the use of sanitary pads for such vulnerable  girls is critical, because some of the girls were forced to stay away from school during that time of the month which she describes as unacceptable.

THE GHANAIAN TIMES :Says it is good that  the GFA President, Kwesi Nyantkayi acknowledged  that the Black Stars performed abysmally at the on-going World Cup in Brazil. According to the paper the failure of the GFA, the management committee and the technical bench to assert their  authority  in the camp which culminated in acts of indiscipline in the Black Stars camp should be investigated. To the paper the President's decision  to remove the Sports Minister and his Deputy demonstrates that all is not well with the administration of sports particularly, football which is the nation's passion. The paper is  therefore urging the government to break the soccer Mafia at the GFA which keeps working against the interest of the nation.


THE TODAY'S NEWSPAPER: Captures its editorials 'Is Ghana's  Patriotism dwindling? It expresses worry about  the alarming rate at which the country is loosing its sense of patriotism, all in the name of material gains which is  gradually paving  way for lawlessness and gross insubordination and this creates a recipe for disaster. According the paper, factors contributing to this recent phenomenon  are rural -urban migration, peer group  influence, the lack of parental care and poverty.  The paper however, believes that a nation that forgets about its cultural heritage and tradition is likely to fail in its endeavours and is not surprised that after 57 years of independence, the nation  is still battling with common basic social amenities. The paper is therefore  urging Ghanaians  to always remind themselves about where they are coming from and where they are going so that the spirit  of patriotism and nationalism  will always be their guide.