DAILY GRAPHIC

The Graphic says the police are on the warpath against lawlessness and indiscipline. In the main front page story, the paper says the Inspector- General of Police, Mr Peter Nanfuri, has called for a halt to acts of lawlessness and indiscipline in the name of constitutional freedom. Mr Nanfuri told a press conference in Accra yesterday that the Police Administration is appalled by the use of constitutional freedom to commit crimes and run riot in the country. He said "surveying the national political and social scene today, one is almost tempted to think that far from the constitution guaranteeing our freedom, it has rather become the excuse for lawlessness and indiscipline". Mr Nanfuri drew attention to the spate of crimes from burglarly to bomb scares which, according to him, are being rationalised in the name of constitutionality. GRi

"Government will control expenditure" - Peprah, is a front page story attributed to the Minister of Finance, Mr Kwame Peprah, giving the assurance that the government will do everything possible to control its expenditure for the rest of the 1997 financial year. He said the government is also strengthening its revenue base to ensure that enough funds are generated for development. Mr Peprah gave the assurance at a meeting with Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, Dr Joseph Stiglitz, who is currently in the country on a three-day official visit. The Finance Minister said the government is keen on reducing the rate of inflation so as to create an enabling environment for the private sector to play a more meaningful role in the economic development of the country. GRi

In another front page story, the Graphic reports of the death of eight persons in a motor accident. According to the paper, eight persons died on the spot while five others sustained injuries when an Accra-bound cargo vehicle was involved in an accident at Anyinam in the Eastern Region. The dead are yet to be identified. The Paper says the vehicle, which was fully loaded with foodstuffs from Praaso near Konongo in the Ashanti Region, hit the sleepers on the Accra- Kumasi rail crossing at Anyinam, skidded off the road and somersaulted into a nearby stream The injured whose names were not disclosed, and were taken to the Nkawkaw Government Hospital, were made up of four adults and a child of about a year old. GRi