The Independent

"Buy the jet and Ghana will take you by surprise - J.H. Mensah", is the banner headline on the front page of the Independent. The accompanying story says as the controversy surrounding the purchase of a new jet for the President continues, the Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr J.H. Mensah has cautioned President J.J. Rawlings not to buy a new jet. According to the Independent, Mr Mensah warned that the reaction of Ghanaians will take the President by surprise if he buys the proposed new jet. GRI

In another front page story headlined: "Nana Konadu at it again", the Independent reports that Ghana's First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has in another display of hostility, shown her disdain towards people who are not members of her husband's ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). The paper says the latest victims of Nana Konadu's verbal assault on the opposition are Second Deputy Speaker, Mr Freddie Blay of the People's Convention Party (PCP) and Mrs Gladys Asmah, the New Patriotic Party's Deputy Minority Leader and MP for Takoradi. GRI