Maltreated blind girl to enrol in school

Kumasi, Sept. 2, GNA - Ama Ataa, the 13-year-old blind girl, whose father subjected her to all forms of maltreatment for three years at Odoyefe, a farming community near Asante-Juaben, is to be enrolled in school. She has gained admission into the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region. Police Chief Inspector Charlotte Arkoh, Officer in-charge of the Ejisu-Juaben Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) made this known during a meeting between the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Mohammed Boakye Agyeman and the Unit. The MCE met the DOVVSU after the Ghana News Agency's story on the girl's plight, carried by the "Ghanaian Times" and the Weekly Spectator on August 20 and 22, respectively.

In the mean time, DOVVSU working in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare has put the girl under the care of the biological mother, Madam Yaa Ataa at Juaben. Ama was rescued from the cruelty of the father Kwaku Ayaakwa at Odoyefe upon a tip off.

Ayaakwah neglected his parental duties to the disabled girl and constantly subjected her to unimaginable shabby treatment. Apart from physical assault, the callous father starved and occasionally took her to the farm to work without a guide. Police Chief Inspector Arkoh said Ayaakwah, who was arrested in the early part of last month would soon be put before court. The docket on the case is ready, she added. 2 Sept. 09