Editorial
Water crisis at UDS Nyankpala Campus
I would like to express my concern over how we students in the University of Development Studies (UDS), Nyankpala Cmpus, face water crisis.
Life is said to be dependent on water, without it there would be no life. Water is essential for human survival. We encounter severe water shortage, particularly during the dry season.
Residents of Nyankpala claim that the neighbourhood has been faced with this water problem for a long time now and it has never for once been addressed. Some students leave campus for Tamale when this occurs while others resort to untreated dam water for use to the detriment of their health.
When this happens, we the students choose not to attend lectures. The perennial problem has contributed to low lectures attendance, which has negatively impacted academic performance, making it difficult for us to live on campus.
We are pleading with the school’s administration, government, philanthropists and non-governmental organisations to come to our aid.
Jennifer Yayra Opare, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala.
Dear Editor,
I wish to use this esteemed platform to urge the traditional councils of Osu and La to call for independent investigation into the recent demolition exercise at Kaajaano.
The exercise rendered hundreds homeless.
Information about the reason for the demolition has been scanty with those desiring to know feeding heavily on social media posts.
One particular name –Jato, has been associated with it but under whose instruction the exercise was carried is also not known.
Sadly, instead of getting to know who ordered the demolition and for what reasons, traditional authorities of Osu and La have been embroiled in a tug-of-war over ownership of the said land.
This is premature. At this moment, they should call for investigation into the exercise to know the people behind it.
When that is done, then discussions about the owners of the site can begin. That would end the posture of the two neighbouring town which has the potential to turn into something else.
Ataa Osa Mensah,
Osu
Dear Editor,
I wish to use your respected platform to draw the attention of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to the behaviour of traders and some drivers about the use of lower denomination coins, specifically the 20 and 10 pesewas.
About two weeks ago, I read in your sister newspaper, The Ghanaian Times about this problem and the caution that followed from the BoG and some economic analysts.
The warning they gave was that the continuous rejection of the notes could create pricing problems which can eventually affect inflation.
I thought that would put to bed that practice or refusal to accept the coins when given out as change or use to pay for particular service.
Unfortunately, the problem still persist among traders, drivers, customers and passengers alike. Only last week, there was as altercation in the Accra Central area where a woman refused to accept five 20 pesewas note totaling one cedi.
As the argument continued, the trader decided not to sell to the customer again after by-standers explained to her that it was still a legal tender and those that refused it could become offenders.
This is an issue the BoG and other regulatory agencies must go and explain to the people and let them know that it is unlawful not to accept a currency that is still in use.
It nothing was done, it could create a much more serious problems.
Mary Osei Badu,
Swedru
