Demanding presents from children forces them into early marriage, according to parents.
Youngsters, especially young ladies are currently constraining themselves into early marriage to fight for them and satisfy the material needs of their folks.
Naba Ayetibo Ayamga, Chief of Sumbrungu-Agosi in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, said guardians never again force their little girls into early marriage how it was finished previously yet their requests for material gifts from their kids drive the young ladies into early marriage.
"You are a parent, and your small kid is going out you, most importantly, won't ask her where she is going to, however you rather request that she get you something when she is getting back, a few guardians even request that their kids travel and attempt to have the option to get anything they need," he added.
He uncovered this at a re-send off of a youngster marriage project at Agosi, named, "End Child Marriage" by the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), a non-legislative Organization.
The venture is being supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and targets engaging partners, particularly local area pioneers, for example, the conventional specialists, assessment pioneers and guardians to assist with checking kid marriage.
He said young pregnancy and kid marriage were on the expansion nearby and it was a cause of stress to partners, particularly the conventional specialists.
He ascribed the reason to parental flippancy and carelessness and said the way of behaving of certain guardians had constrained their youngsters, especially young ladies to take part in hazardous sexual conduct by giving themselves out to men in return for cash.
He, in this manner, approached guardians to be more dependable by giving their wards fundamental requirements to keep them from participating in conditional sex.
Ms Rosemary Akolbire, the Bolgatanga Municipal Adolescent Coordinator, said teen pregnancy and kid marriage didn't just reduce the instructive stepping stool of youngsters however had serious wellbeing suggestions.
"For the year 2022, the Municipality recorded seven maternal passings of which three are young people. It additionally causes birth wounds since the young lady isn't yet sufficiently developed to go through the pressure and kinds of labor and this can in some cases lead to fistula and passings," she said.
Ms Fatima Ayamga, Field Officer, PPAG responsible for Bolgatanga Municipality, noticed that kid marriage was a difficulty to improvement and the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals and highlighted the requirement for an aggregate partner way to deal with taking out the infection.
She said the venture tried to draw in partners, especially customary pioneers, assessment pioneers and guardians to guarantee that they assumed urgent parts in finishing the peculiarity in their networks.
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