Students in Western Region forming prostitution rings

Essaman (W/R), Jan. 19, GNA - The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Education (MDE), Nana Kofi Mbeah on Thursday expressed disgust over the formation of social clubs by some junior high school female students to practice prostitution and other social vices.

He alleged that some of clubs have been christened “Wetlands and “Blue Girls” and the members operate at a spot called Viena City, a suburb of Takoradi where they watch pornographic movies and engage adults in illicit sex.

Nana Mbeah expressed the concern when Papa Owusu Ankomah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi presented 24 computers to the Essaman St John the Baptist Junior High School in Sekondi.

The MDE charged parents to be vigilant on their daughters to avoid being misled into such social clubs.

He noted that knowledge in Information Communication Technology (ICT) had become relevant hence the need for every student to be computer literate.

Papa Owusu Ankomah said he would do everything within his means to ensure that children in his constituency get quality education and access to ICT education.

He appealed to parents to invest in their wards’ education instead of spending on frivolous things that would not bring much benefit to them.

The MP expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Education for providing the computers as part of the government’s Basic School Computerisation Programme of ensuring one laptop per child.

He charged the school authorities to take proper care of the computers and report any fault to the rlg Communication since the government had signed service agreement with the company to repair defective computers.

The Headteacher of the school, Ms Mercy Pobee Orleans, expressed appreciation for the computers