14th November, 2014

The Ghanaian Times is worried about the current state of the National School Feeding Programme. According to the paper the school feeding programme has been used in many parts of the world with varying degrees of success. In Ghana, the school feeding programme which started in 2005 was able to chalk up successes including an increase in school enrolment, however the Times says the programme is on the verge of collapse as government owes caterers over one million cedis. The Times finds it worrying that after the challenges experienced in the later days of the Kuffour administration which culminated in the brief suspension of the programme, the Mahama administration has also allowed the programme to run aground. The paper feels that since the programme is serving a useful purpose, everything must be done to salvage it.

The Herald thinks AFAG'S decision to change the route agreed upon with the police in their last wednesday's demonstration is lawless and disrespectful. The paper says AFAG'S action was to provoke the police into taking action that could have created mayhem and lead to violence. The Herald says AFAG has set a bad precedence and if nothing is done, prospective future demonstrators will feel free and get away with breaking the public order act by changing routes agreed on to the discomfort of other citizens.

The Daily Graphic urges the media to exercise their powers responsibly. The paper says the freedom and independence of the media are not a licence for journalists to write anything damn the consequences. It says media freedom goes with responsibility, as there is nothing like absolute media freedom in the constitution, adding that the same constitution that guarantees the freedom and independence of the media also provides limitations to these rights and freedoms. According to the paper the country risks being plunged into anarchy if the authorities who supervise the allocation of frequencies do not operate in a transparent manner.

The Herald thinks AFAG'S decision to change the route agreed upon with the police in their last wednesday's demonstration is lawless and disrespectful. The paper says AFAG'S action was to provoke the police into taking action that could have created mayhem and lead to violence. The Herald says AFAG has set a bad precedence and if nothing is done, prospective future demonstrators will feel free and get away with breaking the public order act by changing routes agreed on to the discomfort of other citizens.