Sales Of St. Valentine Day Items Go Down

The sale of St Valentine Day items are on a low side as compared to last year's sales, some traders said.

"People often ask for the price of chocolate but when you tell them they say the price is too high and leave or buy other things," Mrs. Venda Yeboah, a trade, said.

She however expressed the hope that people would patronize the items before Valentines Day.

A civil servant, Mr. Kwadwo Debrah, said the youth had changed the meaning of St Valentine Day, which is supposed to be a period to exchange gifts, to engage in promiscuity. "

The youth of today have made the celebration to look immoral and will not even allow the elders to teach them what the real meaning of the occasion is", he said.

He said the celebration had given rise to sexual promiscuity by some of the youth. Mr. Ofori Francis, a student, said he had no intention of celebrating the Day "because the true meaning of St Valentine Day has been changed from good to bad by most people, especially the youth".

He said the level of moral decadence had become evident with the announcement that condom was in short supply in most parts of the country because of the excessive demand for it.

The interviewees said it was good chocolate was made the number one gift item for St Valentine Day and appealed to the government to make chocolate affordable.

‘Nana Is Peaceful Man’- all die be die

Nana Addo

THE NATIONAL Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Karbo, has taken a swipe at the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) about the way they described the flagbearer of the party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as violent over his “all die be die” comment.

According to him, Ivory Coast and Liberia had peace in their respective countries during Nana Addo’s tenure of office as Foreign Minister under the Kufuor administration.

He explained that Nana Addo’s comment meant the NPP would be vigilant and resist any attempt by the NDC to rig the elections in 2012 contrary to the claim that he was inciting supporters of his party to engage in violent acts during the elections.

Mr. Karbo made this known at Abura Dunkwa in the Abura-Aseibu-Kwamankese (AAK) District of the Central Region during the inauguration of AAK’s youth wing of the party.

“NPP will resist all oppressors’ rule by the NDC to recapture power come 2012. This is stated in the national anthem and we will use when need be” he added.

According to Karbo, the NDC had turned the country into a lawless one where its members, especially the executives trampled on the laws governing the nation.

“No one is above the law, irrespective of the party you belong to, the laws of the land are supreme. We in NPP respect the laws and will never disrespect it as the NDC is doing,” he stated.

Mr. Karbo cited instances where NPP polling station members were seriously beaten in the Volta Region by NDC youths who took ballot boxes away while Anita Desoso, NDC Women’s Organiser ran over a group of NPP supporters at Atiwa with her vehicle.

He said the youth of the party would on Monday hold a press conference in Accra to clear the air on the comment made by Nana Addo.

On his part, the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, expressed worry over how President John Evans Atta Mills could not govern the nation as he promised Ghanaians in his 2008 campaign.

He claimed President Mills had lost focus and did not know how to strategise for the development of the country.

He added that due to the gross disrespect for the laws of the land, security agencies who were supposed to ensure peace and stability in the country had all turned a blind eye to what the president and his administration were doing to Ghanaians.

Mr. Agyapong assured and promised Ghanaians that if the NPP came to power again, it would prosecute Anita Desoso and other members of the NDC who had taken the laws into their own hands.

“Anita will surely pay for all that she has done to the NPP and other Ghanaians on this earth before she dies. When we come to power, we will prosecute her and I will lead the crusade. NDC think they are in power and can do what they like. We shall see,” he said.

The NPP Chairman for Gomoa West Constituency, Joe Donkoh, urged all aspirants to put away all their differences and work towards the victory of the party in 2012.
 Source-Desmond K. Dapaah & Sarah Afful, Abura Dunkwaw