Couples urged to resolve differences

The Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs Rachel Florence Apoh Opoku, has advised couples to always show love and respect to each other and take the necessary steps to resolve their differences.She said that was a necessary tool for them to take care and train their children since broken homes tend to have negative impact on their upbringing.

Mrs Apoh Opoku, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Gomoa Central Constituency in the Central Region, gave the advice when she addressed a durbar of the chiefs and people of Gomoa Manso and Aboso during the celebration of their annual Akwambo festival last Saturday.

She said her ministry had received some reports concerning misunderstandings between couples whose marriages broke up with some of the women not allowing the fathers access to their children while some fathers also refused to take care of their children. This usually brings untold hardship on mothers who might not be financially capable to take care of the needs of their children in the absence of husbands.

She said fathers as heads of family should be encouraged to perform their responsibilities irrespective of the state of the marriage so that the children would be given the best of care in order to become responsible adults.

The Member of Parliament called on the chiefs to resolve all chieftaincy disputes so that together, they would initiate projects towards the development of the Gomoa area, adding that what was stalling progress in the district was the numerous chieftaincy disputes pertaining in the area.

Mrs Apoh Opoku presented medical equipment worth GH¢30,000 to the Gomoa Aboso CHPS compound to enable the health facility to start operating.

The Gomoa East District Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Kingsley Ahunu-Armah, bemoaned the lack of unity among the chiefs in the area and urged the chiefs to have a united front and offer the necessary support to the assembly to develop the district.

The Chief of Gomoa Aboso, Nana Afedzie Mensah VI, appealed to the assembly to assist them to construct the bridge to the cemetery.

Nana Okyeadze of Gomoa Manso lauded the assembly and the government for the many development projects in the town, but appealed to the government to rehabilitate the main road to the town.