Editorial
Poor nature of roads at Awoshie NIC leads to collapse of business
● Deplorable roads at Awoshie
Residents of Awoshie NIC are calling on government to fix deplorable roads in their community. According to them, businesses have been closed due to the poor nature of the road which they claim is giving them chest infection. If the roads in Awoshie NIC have been fixed, the journey from Kasoa to places like Santa Maria and Antieku would have lasted for just eight minutes but it takes half an hour to get to such places as a result of rocky roads in the community. It is about time the authorities take action to fix the road since residents have been patiently waiting for quite a long time.
According to a resident, who is a taxi driver says, the poor nature of the road often burst their tanks when it rains. The topsoil of the land gets eroded each time it rains revealing the rocky nature of the road.
A business woman who is a resident of the area said, “ residents do not necessarily need artefact on the road but a little work can make it look better. Customers need to get down from their cars to purchase whatever goods they want due to the rocky nature of the road, she added.
According to an entrepreneur, their clothes are often filled with dust during the harmattan period and Catarrh is a common sickness here. Clothes hanged ends up being dirty due to the dusty roads. In the end, we ran at a loss.
George Obeng Osei,
Accra.
Editorial
Make Heritage Day celebration compulsory for workers
Dear Editor,
I want to use this platform to suggest that the celebration of Heritage Month is declared compulsory, especially for workers in state agencies.
It is very interesting watching broadcasters adorned in diverse traditional regalia on our screens, telling the stories of the various tribes in the country.
But away from the television sets, there is practically nothing to see in town suggesting the celebration of such an important activity.
Once in the month, we also see our school children celebrating the event by dressing to depict where they come from.
But just as was done with the Chocolate Day celebration, I wish to suggest that workers in state agencies are forced to partake in the event. Within that month, every working staff should be made to dress in African prints or ones that would show where they come from.
That, to a large extent would give people a lot of education about their ancestry and their cultural values.
I have a few friends that are Gas from the Greater Accra region but because their parents stayed in other regions and gave birth to them outside Accra, they have little or no idea about where they actually come from.
Some of these activities would go a long way to educate such people to know their real homes.
I expect the Ministry of Tourism to play an active role in the success of this exercise.
Stella Twum,
Central Region
Editorial
Make Heritage Day celebration compulsory for workers
Dear Editor,
I want to use this platform to suggest that the celebration of Heritage Month is declared compulsory, especially for workers in state agencies.
It is very interesting watching broadcasters adorned in diverse traditional regalia on our screens, telling the stories of the various tribes in the country.
But away from the television sets, there is practically nothing to see in town suggesting the celebration of such an important activity.
Once in the month, we also see our school children celebrating the event by dressing to depict where they come from.
But just as was done with the Chocolate Day celebration, I wish to suggest that workers in state agencies are forced to partake in the event. Within that month, every working staff should be made to dress in African prints or ones that would show where they come from.
That, to a large extent would give people a lot of education about their ancestry and their cultural values.
I have a few friends that are Gas from the Greater Accra region but because their parents stayed in other regions and gave birth to them outside Accra, they have little or no idea about where they actually come from.
Some of these activities would go a long way to educate such people to know their real homes.
I expect the Ministry of Tourism to play an active role in the success of this exercise.
Stella Twum,
Central Region
