Editorial
Let’s keep our environment clean ahead of rainy season
Dear Editor,
I welcome the call by the president, John Mahama on citizens to be responsible for the cleanliness of their environment as the rains set in.
It is a good call which I believe every Ghanaian must be serious about.
I was around the Kaneshie Station area around Circle on Sunday when it rained heavily and within that short period, every space was flooded.
Driving home, I saw how some gutters were overflown with flood waters less than 20 minutes of rain.
Most of these drain were choked with rubbish and that is where the problem comes from.
Year in and out, we complain and lament about this attitude of dumping refuse in to gutters which has become a practice so difficult for people to start.
Signals from GMet is indicating that it will rain a lot this season and therefore we must put in place the necessary measures to ensure that our safety and properties would be paramount.
People must show more responsibility by keeping their environment clean to avoid flood situations and also curb any pandemic that could follow as a result of that.
Flooding is a global problem but we can mitigate its impact if we show high level of discipline but doing the right things-desilting the gutters and dump refuse at the right places.
With this, we can build a better Ghana.
Citizen Mo,
Accra New Town
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
