5th May, 2017

The Daily Graphic writes on the nationwide blackout that hit the country on May 3 night. The paper says the incident serves as a reminder that the country is still not out of its energy challenges. The paper expresses misgivings about the poor information management on the blackout. The Graphic urges players in the power sector to be up and doing and make information flow a cardinal principle in their scheme of things. The paper urges the power sector to render an unqualified apology to customers for the poor handling of information on the Wednesday blackout.

The Ghanaian Times is worried about "fake news" which is mostly traced to news websites or sometimes mainstream news media. According to the paper, the phenomenon has sent civil society, academia and concerned practitioners thinking about what to do. The Times therefore reminds Ghanaians of the role journalism has played in the orderly development of the world. 

The Daily Heritage says the decongestion exercise on by the AMA at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange May 4 has led to the destruction of property belonging to scores of hawkers and traders who ply their trade there. According to the paper, the forcible ejection of the squatters has disrupted trading activities by the many who sell on table top. In the view of the Heritage, the goal to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa would be very difficult to achieve, because many people create filth daily and dispose them off indiscriminately.