BRAVO
My name is Josue Adegbidi, a citizen of Benin. I would like to send my congratulations to the Regional Minister For Greater Accra and Ghana Government for the " WAR AGAINST MOSQUITOES" initiative. Malaria is the largest killer of children under 5 years ( about 2,000,000 per year ). To see that an african government has decided to fight against this disease is really a good news. I hope this project will be sustained to benefit all citizens.
From experience, the best strategy to control malaria is thru selective spraying of breeding sites and public education on environmental cleanliness. That is why I recommend to Ghana government to assist with funding of malaria control project and seek funds from all donors around the world.
I recommend to Government to make sure only approved pesticides by ministry of Health is always used for best and economical results.
I wish the government of Ghana will advise the others West African countries to take the same initiative.
Best regards
J ADEGBIDI
Double Standards?
Hello,It is an insult to the advocates of anti-coups if the President himself goes over the border to celebrate the anniversary of Eyadema's coup de tat. What about that? Can someone tell us how different that is from Prof.Mill's joining celebrations of a coup anniversary back home?
You see how the double standards?
Eyadema came to power by coup de tat and celebrates this every year. If Kufour attends, then he is endorsing coups. Period! You can't celebrate one coup de tat in your neigbor's backyard and condemn the one in your own backyard!
I want a response
Koku. (St. Louis MO)
THE SELFISH ATTITUDE OF SOME GHANAIAN STUDENTS- AN OPEN LETTER TO ARNOLD A. BAIDOO
It is so easy for students to point fingers at other people for their own mistakes. We even blame our teachers' if we fail to study for our exams. First of all, before you open your mouth to say anything; you must understand that most of us were students in ghana, before we moved to the u.s. or any other country. Even though some people do not know what goes on in ghana, some of us are very aware of the situation in ghana and know what is going on in some of the universities than some of you.Over-crowding in schools, dilapidated structures and all the problems you mentioned have always been an issue. The government did not create those problems. We have a moral duty in ghana to respect our elders and even those of us who have lived in other cultures, still know that it is our duty to respect our elders no matter the situation. We all know what happens in ghana, when students are unsatisfied with certain situations. They go on a rampage and start destroying their own amenities. They turn around a few years later and blame the government for not improving facilities in their schools. Ghanaian students seem to have the mentality that the government needs to come and clean up after them everyday. They grossly misuse facilities with the mentality that it does not belong to them. Let's face the facts, and don't try to throw dust in anybody's eyes, because we have all attended schools in ghana. We are sometimes very selfish and do not even think about our siblings who will be attending the schools in the future. It is so easy for us to blame the government. If you have any advice to offer, why don't you start educating your fellow students about how to maintain government property? I believe you should use your time to learn how to express yourself like a gentleman instead of engaging in some unscrupulous argument.you need to come to terms with the fact that your nugs president erred in talking to the president the way he did, and that is the bottom line. You should thank the government for the freedom of speech in ghana, which allows students the opportunity to address their concerns directly to the president. For him to act the way he did was grossly unbecoming of a student leader. What type of precedent is he setting for the younger ones? Is he trying to say that it is okay to disrespect our elders? Even after what the nugs president did, the president took the time to explain the real issues to the students. At the end, it seemed like the nugs leader did not have his facts straight. The president is a leader worth emulating.
It is okay to have problems with government policies, but the real issue is how you present it. You may have the best idea in the world, but if you don't know how to present it, what good is it. I believe it is ignorant for anyone to think that people are dodging the real issues and politicizing the whole issue. We have to understand that there is a moral decay in our society, and to prevent our younger people from duplicating the wrong things, we must elect people with the right moral judgement to fill the ranks of the student hierarchy, and not any coxcomb.
From:
Freddy k. Kyeremeh
Freddyk27@hotmail.com
