UCC male students fingered in teen pregnancy scourge
Male students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been
fingered as being behind the high rate of teenage pregnancies in the
Cape Coast metropolis.
The Central region, especially the capital Cape Coast has in the past
weeks received massive media attention for the wrong reasons as some
teenage girls there are reportedly being paid Ghc1 and recharge cards in
exchange for sex.
The region’s Social Welfare Department reported as many as 5000
teenage girls being pregnant in the region and according to a research
by the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), Cape Coast Branch
the male students of the UCC are responsible for 80% of the pregnancies
in the metropolis especially in the Amamoma, Apewosika, Kwesi Prah
areas.
The said students, according to the report, lure the girls who are mostly from poor homes with money.
Some of the students, according to the report, impregnated as many as four girls in the area aged between 13-16 years.
The association is therefore calling for stiffer punishment for such
students involved in the negative act in order to protect the future of
the girls in such areas.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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