The Ghanaian Times takes a swipe at the Ghanaian Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for locking up shops of foreigners and demanding that they do not engage in retail trade in the market. It appeals to GUTA to pursue the path of dialogue with government and not lock up the shops by themselves. The Times calls on government to reactivate dialogue on the matter with GUTA so that they would cease the lock-ups and sit at the table to discuss the issue. The paper is hopeful government would seize the opportunity and move swiftly to resolve the matter once and for all.
The Daily Graphic expresses worry about the number of faith-based bodies in the country of which very little is known about their activities. The paper calls on leadership of churches and mosques, as well as other revered religious faiths not to sit unconcerned about a recent issue where one pastor popularly known as Rev Obofour was captured in a video directing a church member to smoke dried leaves, suspected to be Indian hemp openly in church but speak up against these rising dangerous trends. It says just as the Church or the Mosque wants to enhance morality in communities, it is equally wrong for some of them to embolden their congregants to do what is morally offensive, wrong, unacceptable and an upfront to the conscience of society. The paper calls on the security agencies to be up and doing in dealing with some of these miscreants and what they do to infringe the laws.
