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Help end child marriage - First Lady
According to the First Lady, one issue that touched her heart was child marriage and so all stakeholders must assist in intensifying strategies towards ending child marriage.
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She said as a mother, one issue that touched her heart was child marriage and so all stakeholders must assist in intensifying strategies towards ending child marriage.
Speaking at Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region during a tour of the area, Mrs Mahama, who is also the Sompahemaa of the Nkoranza Traditional Area under the stool name, Nana Akosua Frema Sika I, said: “The future of our children is very important and we must ensure that girls are allowed to go to school instead of being married off at tender ages”.
“We hold it a duty as parents to support our children to climb the academic ladder and become responsible members in society before giving them away in marriage,” she told the enthusiastic chiefs and people of Wenchi who had gathered at a durbar to welcome her.
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Mrs Mahama explained that Ghana had joined other African states in the fight against child marriage by launching the End Child Marriage campaign at the recently held Seventh African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights, which she hosted in Accra.
As part of the visit to the region, the First Lady, who was accompanied by Mr Eric Opoku, the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Nana Saa Gyamfua, Member of Council of State and some regional and district officers of the National Democratic Congress, presented some medical supplies to the Wenchi Health Centre.
The Lordina Foundation together with its donor partners, particularly MedShare of USA, donated the medical supplies to the facility as part of their contribution towards improving the healthcare delivery system of the community.
She described Wenchi as a very important town in Ghana’s history as the Prime Minister of the Second Republic, Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, came from the town.
“Even as we celebrate the 59th anniversary of Ghana’s Independence, we must also be proud of towns like Wenchi for their contribution to the progress of our nation”.
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Mrs Mahama said since the majority of the people in the area engaged in farming and livestock rearing, there was no doubt that Wenchi was contributing significantly towards the growth of the national economy.
She said the availability of health infrastructure, medical supplies, and trained personnel were key to realising a successful quality healthcare delivery system, expressing government’s determination at prioritising the health of citizens.
“The President, in his State of the Nation Address, restated his commitment to continue the upgrading of our health system. And as the President said on that day, a healthy nation is a wealthy nation,” she said.
Mrs Mahama said: “We acknowledge that well trained health care professionals are essential players in ensuring quality healthcare for our people. In view of this, the Lordina Foundation with its partners will do all it can, through our charitable donations, to make quality healthcare delivery easier for our doctors and nurses and all who are involved in the frontline of healthcare delivery”.
She expressed her gratitude to MedShare USA for its support in making the donation a reality and urged the recipients to use them for the intended purpose.
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Mr Annoduku Arnoh, the District Health Director of Wenchi, received the items on behalf of the Health Centre.
Nana Owusu Ansah Sasraku Besseeh I, Chief of Wenchi, commended the First Lady for donating towards the health of the people as well as providing other infrastructural needs of Wenchi.
Source: GNA
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