WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY

  In his recent State of the Nation address, His Excellency the President of Ghana, Professor John Atta Mills drew attention to the fact that water supply has been extended to many homes and the quality has also improved. This comes before Ghana’s marking of World Water where advocates and key players within that sector have called for the need to protect the country’s sources of water, especially as environmentalist cautions on global warming and the effects it has on sources of water. This was what the people of Alajo in Accra had to say: SAMUEL BOATENG (ALAJO) “ The water delivery system over here at Alajo has improved over the past few months with the exception of electricity supply which is still facing problems. I have also come to notice that very often when there is a road construction, some of the pipe lines are affected and that also accounts for the reason why there is sometimes a cut in the water delivery to this area. Water is increasing becoming a very essent...

Governments around the world are evacuating their nationals from the Northern African country of Libya after an uprising in the country which led to a brutal assault on peaceful protesters who are calling for an end to the 42 years rule of Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Al- Qathafi. Rebellion is growing across the country and there is an attack of black African amidst suspicion of they, fighting in favour of the Gaddafi regime. This is what the people of Labone, a suburb of Accra had to say.   ABIGAIL AGGREY-FYNN (OSU) The situation in Libya is getting worse as the days pass by and although quite a number of Ghanaian citizens in that country have been brought home, the government must take extra measures which would see to the evacuation of the others still stranded in that country. Gaddafi is getting increasingly vicious and we must get our citizens out of that country before he holds them hostage. This situation must also send signals to the people of this country that the...