Some concerned citizens of the Sissala East District in the Upper West Region, are pleading with the President, to appoint a qualified and competent person as Chief Executive for the district.

Dr Kwaku Owusu-Acheampong, New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has urged artisans to stop giving excuses, and pay their taxes to enable government to undertake development projects for the benefit of all.

Professor Stephen Kandie, Dean at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has partially blamed the falling standards of education at the basic level on the inability of parents to provide their children with descent uniforms and sandals.