Area Chief Executive(DCE) for Bolgatanga East District David Amoah Akolgo has expressed get worried over the rising number of adolescent pregnancies in his district. They have however diagnosed the cause of the particular rise in the number of pregnant teen girls in his district. Based on him, the rise in teenagers operating tricycles in the area near to Bolgatanga the Regional funds should be blamed for the within teenage pregnancy. David Amoah Akolgo said these teenagers after making sales attract young girls with the monies earning and sleep with them during these tricycles at obscure areas leading to the rise in numerous teenage pregnant ladies. “The ‘Candoo’ (a common title for tricycle) usage simply by these young guys is really a problem. That is the source of this issue. When they return from school, mom and dad will say ‘let’s discover him a ‘Candoo’ to obtain some money and he will end up making use of that money on blameless girls and turning the particular ‘Candoo’ into a hotel. Therefore , this is what we have. It’s an extremely serious issue, anytime you happen to be passing in the night and you also see a parked ‘Candoo’, simply stop and see what they are carrying out inside it and if you bag them next time, they will not get it done again” he said. This individual used the opportunity to call on seniors to take it upon on their own to inspect tricycles that are left in obscure at night. The particular 2021 statistical report upon teenage pregnancy indicated the country recorded a sharp within cases of menace among 2016 and 2020. The particular report revealed that regarding 555, 575 cases associated with teenage pregnancy were documented within the period of which thirteen, 444 were girls between your ages of 10 plus 14. In 2020 on your own, more than 100, 000 young ladies were impregnated within the 10-month Covid-19 induced restrictions, along with 2, 865 of them getting girls under age fifteen. The regional breakdown from the data indicated that the Higher East Region recorded six, 533 cases in 2020 with the Bawku West, Talensi and Bongo Districts documenting the highest number of cases in the region. The particular Bolgatanga East District documented the least number of cases within the time period but it may lose the enviable position as the region with the least incidents from the menace if urgent actions are not put in place to address the existing trend. Source: MyNewsGh. com/ 2022Send your news tales to [email protected] and via WhatsApp upon +233 202452509Related Topics: FeatureGhana