9th June, 2016

The Ghanaian Times says improved public education and awareness on cholera prevention is yielding positive results. Only a few cases have been recorded so far in Accra and Tema. The paper however says it is important to intensify public education since a cursory look around the city reveals mounts of garbage, choked gutters and pockets of refuse on the shoulders of the streets. The Times calls on city authorities to embark on a sensitisation programme against open defecation along the beaches. With the onset of the rains, the disease is likely to rear its ugly head if measures are not put in place to check it.

The Daily Graphic calls on government to direct the Ghana Armed Forces to partner the police to break the back of hardened criminals who want to create fear and panic in society. The paper says the phenomenon of killing is always on the ascendancy in the run-up to general election. Against this backdrop, the paper calls on the police to devise different strategies to face criminals. It suggests that the police can adopt the strategy of stopping vehicles at random to conduct searches instead of stationing at one point. The paper says people on motorbikes could be stopped at regular intervals to check what those sitting on it have in their possession. This is because perpetrators of such crimes use motorbikes and hide their weapons in their dresses to avoid detection.

The New Independent urges local government officials who issue building permits to people without recourse to law, to change from their ways and become more responsible in ensuring that systems established by law are complied with at all times. The paper encourages individual to go through the right channel to secure permits before putting up structures, acting that citizens living close to water bodies must desist from choking the gutters. It notes that town planning is a policy to ensure safety of society and hence people must ensure that in communities which they live, are properly planned to abate the effects of eventualities.

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