21st June, 2018

The Daily Graphic is worried about the increased number of herbal practitioners in the country, mostly, what the paper describes as quacks who claim to have cure for HIV/AIDS. The Graphic says HIV/AIDS is a life threatening disease and people faced with such unfortunate ailments become so gullible that they go for virtually anything sold on the market purported to have the potency to cure them. The paper says even though the Food and Drugs Authority has tried many times to stop the practice of these quacks, most media houses still allow their products to be advertised through their media. The paper is advising all herbalists who claim to have cure for HIV/AIDS to make available, their herbal preparations for scientific testing or desist from deceiving the public. It also urges the security agencies to apply the law to stop the advertisements of such herbal preparations in the media, considering the harm those concoctions are doing to innocent lives. The paper agrees that herbal medicines have played a significant role in handling medical conditions in the country but those claiming to have a cure for HIV/AIDS must be willing to prove it without any doubt.

The Ghanaian Times writes on the need to focus well on the perennial flooding in the capital, Accra, and parts of the country, suggesting stiffer punishment for those who go against building regulations. The paper finds it worrying that the nation spends more time discussing the causes of havoc from the rains rather than solving the problem. The Times says residents in areas who overlook sanitation rules and build houses in waterways must be severely punished, adding that the time to act is now. 

The Daily Heritage is concerned that the time has come for our leaders to negotiate well and ensure Ghanaians benefit from the natural resources at our disposal. The Heritage says the country has abundant gold, diamond, bauxite, timber, viable coastlines and recently oil and gas. Ideally, these natural resources should put the nation on the path of economic stability and prosperity. But, for many years majority of the citizenry have walloped in abject poverty because they don’t enjoy the full benefit of the natural resources God had blessed the Country with because, as the paper puts it, “the nation's past leaders have failed us with weak leadership.”

The Business and Financial Times expresses fears that fish species like sardinella and mackerel could face total depletion by the year 2020. The paper is particularly worried about the methods of fishing employed by both foreign vessels and local fishermen. It says illegal practices like pair-trawling and the use of DDT and light fishing will soon leave our waters short of fishes. The paper urges the Ministry of Fisheries to put in place, measures to protect these pelagic fishes from being over-harvested. The paper hopes that the Fisheries Commission would also consider ways to save the dwindling fish stock. 

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