The Graphic says the Vice-President, Professor J.E.A. Mills has given the assurance that the decisions taken at the end of the first National Economic Forum will be implemented by the government. The two-day forum brought together stakeholders including government representatives, the opposition group and the business community, reviewed the economic direction of the country. In a front page story headlined: “Government to implement forum’s decision”, the Graphic says Prof. Mills said the forum has succeeded in achieving its intended objectives. “For us to succeed as a nation, we need to play like a football team to the best of our abilities. I give the assurance that what the participants toiled for will not be in vain”, the Graphic quoted the Vice-President as saying. GRi
“Eight more bodies retrieved from pit”, is another front page headline of the Graphic story which says eight more bodies of illegal miners were retrieved on Wednesday at Amantin, a farming community along the Takoradi-Tarkwa rail line. According to the Graphic this brings to 20, the number of illegal miners who were killed while prospecting for gold in a pit which caved in on them. The Graphic reported yesterday that 12 illegal miners prospecting for gold in the pit died when it caved in. GRi
The Graphic reports that pilfering of mails is on the increase, saying stealing of mails from overseas especially, has become a major source of worry to the Ghana Postal Services Corporation. The paper says letters and parcels from South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, Kenya, Italy among others, are either found stolen or tampered with. According to the Graphic Mr. I. Adu Boahene, acting Director- General of the Ghana Post, made the complaint during a familiarisation visit to the corporation’s headquarters by Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Communications. GRi
