As long as it exists, child marriage will stand ....

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• Prof Lungu 11 years ago

  Timely!
  
  A peek at "evidence and anecdotal data" at bottom of the child-bride problem in Ghana!
  
  A good case for harmonization of local customs to national laws, development priorities, and international norms.
  
  READ: ...
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  Timely!
  
  A peek at "evidence and anecdotal data" at bottom of the child-bride problem in Ghana!
  
  A good case for harmonization of local customs to national laws, development priorities, and international norms.
  
  READ: Ministry of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs
  
  Vision: "...to preserve, sustain and integrate the regal, traditional and cultural values and practices to accelerate wealth creation and harmony for total national development..."
  
  
  OUR COMMENT: Oddly, there is nothing that says "reform", "transform", etc. Same can be said about the "Objectives" identified by the same Ministry. This is unsettling because many children in grade school can tell us a lot about local customs that are anachronistic, foolish, and wasteful. And then, there are agencies such as those listed by the writer helping to manage these serious socio-cultural problems.
  
  ITEM: Our saving grace here is a reference to "...review the various chieftaincy and cultural legal framework to conform to international best practices...", under MISSION STATEMENT. However, we will probably never get there unless it is unequivocally adopted as one of the more important performance "OBJECTIVES. It can't be just lip-service.
  
  Our thank to John Kingsley Krugu!

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• Prof Lungu 11 years ago

  Captein,
  You've made some great comments. But your last one sums it all as you say, "...The problem comes back to culture or more often RELIGION and this is where it should be talked..."
  
  This is akin to slavery, or as Mar ...
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  Captein,
  You've made some great comments. But your last one sums it all as you say, "...The problem comes back to culture or more often RELIGION and this is where it should be talked..."
  
  This is akin to slavery, or as Marx said, "opium" for the people.
  
  From the other side where people are falling over themselves to make foolish and unimportant comments, in our humble opinion,....
  
  READ: "....The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has described as “surprising” the seeming silence of the Gender Minister, Nana Oye Lithur on the recent rape scandal involving ace broadcaster Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD)...."
  
  OUR COMMENT: What, reasonably, could Ms. Nana Oye Lithur have said, but, "This is a case in the courts...involving 2 adults who possess agency, unequal they may be"? Of what use would that be to Ms. Ursula Owusu Ekuful and folks of the same mind?
  
  ITEM: We'd expect that Ms. Nana Oye Lithur and her agency, including the so-called Chieftancy Ministry, would respond to these commentaries and actions by people trying to push Ghana forward, as Mr. Krugu and others are doing.
  
  So, where are their comments, contact information, details about their plans, etc.!
  
  Ghana: More "Smokers" than "Reflectors"!

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• Prof Lungu 11 years ago

  Or, should we say,
  
  Ghana
  More and more "Smokers"
  Less and less "Reflectors"!

  Or, should we say,
  
  Ghana
  More and more "Smokers"
  Less and less "Reflectors"!

  reply