Beatrice Laari Shares Problems Of Girls With Minister Of Youth Development & Empowerment

As part of the International Day of the Girl celebration, Beatrice Laari Dammigu, a 15-year-old Form 3 student of Walewale Girls’ Model Junior High School, visited the Minister of Youth Development and Employment, Hon. George Opare Addo, at his office.

Beatrice today took over the seat of the Minister and served as the Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment for the Day

Beatrice, who is also the Speaker of the West Mamprusi Municipality Children’s Parliament, led a team from Plan International Ghana to share the plight of girls in her school and community.

During the meeting, Beatrice highlighted some of the challenges faced by girls in her community, including teenage pregnancy, child abuse, child marriage, and drug abuse among young people.

She appealed to the minister to intensify education and sensitization efforts to curb these societal problems.

The Minister detailed the ministry’s efforts in fighting drug abuse among young people, citing a recent survey that revealed 42% of university students in the country are into drug abuse.

On child marriage, he emphasized that it is an offense to marry a child under 18 years and called on Ghanaians to frown on the practice.

“It’s an act of wickedness for any father or mother to sit idle and allow a child below 18 to be forced into marriage based on whatever reason, it’s not right” he said.

Beatrice’s courage in sharing her concerns with the Minister is an inspiration to us all. We look forward to seeing the impact of this meeting on the lives of girls in Ghana.

Source: mymctvonline.com