Editorial
Girls must avoid gifts with strings attached
Dear Editor,
I read in your esteemed newspaper the lead story of last week, suggesting that men tend to abuse girls with the pretext of showing them love.
I find that quite intriguing because it portrays a society that is becoming unfair towards men.
In as much as there may be a few instances to buttress the call, it is also important for some of the institutions that conduct such research to delve deeper to arrive at a conclusion that presents a fair case.
I am in no way trying to justify these instances where men want to abuse women sexually because of an act of kindness. That surely defeats the reason for the gesture and expects to attract blessings from above.
In my view, some of our women are also the cause of some of these problems since they won’t accept no for a response in their demands.
There are a number of women who would first draw your attention to such escapades before laying bare their needs and wants, knowing that after such act, it would be difficult to say no.
So, in a case when such guys meet other girls or ladies in need, the first thing that comes to mind is the sensual reward that follows.
In this case, if the lady fails to ‘deliver’, then this guy would begin to feel the lady owes him something because she had failed to also reward his kindness.
This is a practice society must shun but in doing so, women must also be taught that it is not every man they go to for help. They must also question some of the gifts from people. Men must also learn to be responsible and treat women with the respect they deserve.
Reginald Boah,
New Town, Accra
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
