Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says girls must be made to stay in school as long as they have the ability to.
“Girls must not only be made to go to school but must also stay in school for as far as their capacity for academic pursuit can take them.
“The practice of taking young girls out of school midstream and marrying them off mostly to men far older than them must stop…One of the most backward and unacceptable practice is child marriage. This must be a cause that we take up with passion,” Mr. Dramani Mahama noted at the Women in Agriculture Summit in Morocco on Tuesday.
Mr Mahama also bemoaned the wastage of arable agriculture lands in Africa noting “Africa has the potential to, not only feed itself but feed the rest of the world”.
He added not “only women, but also the youth must be attracted to invest and participate in agricultural production.”
Source: Today
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John Maha can't you keep quiet? You were giving the chance from Vice president yo president and all you could do was to create,loooot and share to build family,friends and cronies empire,Suba,Sada,gyeeda nkomfem fly away to Burkina, bus branding and look at what happened in SSNIT and you stilll want to be head does this give you a chance to come back 'NO' Ghana cant afford to have a president who can't want think for himself how can you think for over 28 million Ghanaians. It will help you a lot if you behave like a state man rather than a serial caller . The humiliating defeat has mad all ndc lose their minds and are not going by the Kwesi Botchway committee be report Its a very shame on you people for be talking due to the huge margin and the humilating and disgraceful manner Ghanaians rejected you and your government.heard