The paramount chief of the Bongo traditional Area, Naba Baba Salifu Alemyaarum has bemoaned the high increase in teenage pregnancies in the Bongo District. At this year’s Azambeene or fire festival, he appealed to stakeholders especially parents to take drastic measures to help check the canker of the teenage pregnancies in the district.
The Bongo District is said to have the highest rate of teen pregnancies in the Upper East Region.
Naba Salifu Alemyaarum while commending traditional leaders for their efforts in supporting brilliant but needy students in education, encouraged the traditional leaders to continue with those efforts. He also congratulated Joyful African Mission, an international organization working in the district for its tremendous contribution to education in the district.
Upper East Regional Minister, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru said he was not happy about the spate of teenage pregnancies in the Bongo district and called on stakeholders to redirect their efforts to tackling teenage pregnancy in the district.
Alhaji Muniru also urged parents to take advantage of government social intervention projects such as the capitation grant, the school feeding programme and the free school uniform package to enroll their wards in school.
According to the regional minister, the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) is studying the Bongo rocks to ascertain whether they can be used for the production of tiles and roofing sheets.
By: Joshua Asaah | A1radioonline.com | Ghana
