As the whole continent celebrates Africa Union Day today, The Ghanaian Times appeals to African countries and the citizens to help AU succeed in all its effort. According to the paper, the Africa Union is believed to have succeeded in addressing the needs of the African political class, but it is yet to make significant differences in the lives of many ordinary Africans. From the Times’ point of view, critics say the AU has been less successful in connecting its activities and programmes to many ordinary Africans. The paper laments the ineffectiveness of the continental Union’s performance in providing common public goods and services valued by commoners in Africa; giving voice to the majority of young people in Africa; promoting intra-Africa trade, good governance, and financial independence of the African continent. It however notes the AU’s strides in creating many useful decision-making structures which have contributed to the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in Africa. By this, the Times underscores the need to help the AU to achieve its objectives.
The Daily Graphic is elated to learn that the number of fire outbreaks, according to the Ghana National Fire Service has reduced by 39-point-nine in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2020. Equally, the paper is gladdened by the fact that in some areas such as the Bono Region, fire cases reduced by as much as 50 percent. To the Graphic, this an achievement for which the country must pat itself at the back and ensure that it is sustained and improved. It says that despite the many benefits derived from fire, it can only be useful when it is monitored, controlled and used wisely. The paper drums home the fact that fire safety and prevention are the responsibility of all. It is the considered opinion of the Graphic that inasmuch as the Ghana National Fire Service exists to primarily provide, maintain and improve on public safety from fires, citizens owe it a primary duty to prevent fire outbreaks.
