Don’t Push Your Girl Child Into Early Marriage – Parents Advised

Parents have been advised not to compel their girl child to marry earlier than expected, as that violates their rights.

The Mankrado of Agona Nkum in the Central Region advised parents to ensure proper care of their daughters during a durbar to support the education of school children in the town.

According to the Chief Nana Mprah Afful, the development is a threat to the well-being of the child and a major concern to the traditional authorities, and as such, they have instituted by-laws aimed at dealing with any such parents who will give their child into early marriage.

He noted that girls are equally gifted as their male counterparts, and as such, when given the needed opportunity, they can equally excel. Ho stated that the era where the kitchen was said to be dedicated to the girl-child is long done away with, and as such, the girl-child needs to be given equal opportunity as boys to prove their mettle.

The Tufuhemaa of the town, Opuni-Qweiku Nana Yaa Nkumaa I, who took turn to address the gathering, also assured that she will use her status as a traditional ruler and expertise as an ex-police officer to protect the well-being and promote the education of children in the town.

The event was supported by the Baduaa foundation, a Ghanaian-based nongovernmental organisation that supplied teaching and learning materials and other educational aids to the school children. So far, the organisation is said to have distributed such materials to over two thousand school children across the country, particularly to those in the rural areas.