Members :: 16570  




UCC male students responsible for teenage pregnancy menace in Cape Coast


 

 

Male students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been accused of being behind the high teenage pregnancy rates in the Cape Coast Metropolis.

 

The Central Region, especially the capital Cape Coast has in the past weeks been under massive media spotlight for the wrong reasons as some teenage girls there have supposedly been accepting 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 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.

 


Published by GWS Online GH : 2017-07-05

More News

Do you have News to share? Simply email us.






News Archive - Recent Articles



Ad Blocker Detected

Please disable your ad blocker to use this site without interruptions.

Page Last Updated On Sunday, 19 July 2026.