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‘Don’t use children as excuse to remain in abusive marriages’
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Women have been advised to desist from using their children as excuses to remain in abusive marriages.
Founder of Abronoma Foundation, a women and child centered Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Mrs Linda Nyarko-Yeboah said staying in abusive relationships is dangerous. Women must not accept any form of violence against them in the name of marriage or with the excuse that they cannot raise children without fathers,” she stated.
For her, “Women are better off alive as single mother than losing their lives and turning their children into orphans.”
Mrs Nyarko-Yeboah who gave the advice in an interview with the Spectator said children who witnessed domestic violence were more likely to perpetuate the cycle in their own future relationship therefore by leaving an abusive marriage, victims could disrupt this harmful pattern and empower their children to grow up in healthier and more nurturing environments.
Domestic violence, she said was a profound issue that affected many Ghanaians considering the number of cases the media have reported so far since the beginning of this year alone, causing immense physical, emotional, and psychological harm.
She bemoaned the rise in cases where young women have lost their lives because of domestic violence, citing the recent killing of a 28-year -old woman, Eunice Ameh Narh who was hacked to death by her husband in Nungua, Accra for threatening to divorce him.
“This is not the only case of domestic violence that has led to death, there have been many other cases, including the report about a student of the Nsutam Senior High School who was allegedly murdered about two months ago by her boyfriend who is a barber.
“A cocoa farmer, Egya Atta at Wiredukrom, a farming community in the Western Region also committed the same atrocity,” she lamented.
This farmer, Mrs Nyarko-Yeboah said inflicted cutlass wounds on the head and neck of his wife, a mother of three, which led to her death.
She said children who experience domestic violence suffer long-lasting consequences that could influence their entire lives, adding that there was the need for victims to break the cycle by leaving abusive marriages to ensure their own safety and that of their children.
Touching on the consequences of domestic violence on children, the philanthropist noted that witnessing violence between their parents could lead to feelings of fear, anxiety, guilt, and helplessness, adding that such experiences could negatively influence their self-esteem and ability to form healthy relationships later in life.
Explaining, she mentioned that children who grow up in abusive households were more likely to exhibit behavioural problems like aggression, anger outbursts, social withdrawal, difficulty concentrating in school, and even engaging in delinquent behaviour.
Mrs Nyarko-Yeboah therefore urged women to ensure they were financially stable to enable them to fend for themselves and their children when
By Raissa Sambou
Majority Leader of Parliament, James Agalga, has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for the confidence reposed in him following his elevation to the position.
Mr Agalga thanked Ghanaians who had sent him congratulatory messages and expressed appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama, the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), members of the Majority Caucus and the people of Builsa North.
In a statement posted on his socials, he also extended his gratitude to Ghanaians across the country for their support and confidence.
He pledged to work with other stakeholders to advance the government’s Reset Agenda and support the passage of legislation that would improve the lives of Ghanaians.
“We remain committed to working together to drive the government’s RESET Agenda and to champion legislation that delivers real benefits to every Ghanaian,” he said.
Mr Agalga called for continued cooperation as he begins his new role as Majority Leader.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has maintained that the Minority’s concerns over the reported GH¢22 billion loss linked to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) are not politically motivated.
He made the remarks at a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, where he defended the Minority’s position on the financial implications of GoldBod’s domestic gold purchasing operations.
Mr Afenyo-Markin stated that the Minority was raising the concerns because Ghanaians deserved clear information about how public funds were used in the gold purchasing programme.
He explained that the figures being cited by the Minority were contained in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) report on Ghana and were therefore not figures manufactured by the opposition.
According to him, the IMF identified losses of about US$1.7 billion, equivalent to approximately GH¢22 billion, from the domestic gold purchasing programme in 2025.
He said the IMF attributed the losses to service and assay fees, discounts on gold sold to off-takers and exchange-rate differences between the rates used to purchase gold and the reference rate used by the Bank of Ghana for accounting purposes.
Mr Afenyo-Markin argued that the losses should be subjected to public scrutiny because GoldBod played a central role in buying, aggregating, assaying and exporting the gold, while the Bank of Ghana provided the financing.
He questioned why GoldBod should receive fees from the transactions while the associated losses were reflected on the books of the Bank of Ghana.
The Minority Leader stressed that the location of a loss in an institution’s accounts did not change its economic impact on the country.
He therefore called for answers on the prices paid for gold, how the prices were determined, the selection of off-takers, discounts applied to gold sales and the fees earned by GoldBod.
Mr Afenyo-Markin questioned the risk-sharing arrangement between GoldBod and the Bank of Ghana, arguing that the institution carrying out the commercial activity should not be able to benefit from transaction fees while another institution bears most of the financial risk.
He said the Minority was not seeking to trade insults with GoldBod officials but was focused on holding institutions accountable for the management of public resources.
He urged the government and GoldBod to address the concerns raised by the IMF and provide Ghanaians with clear explanations about the reported losses.
Mr Afenyo-Markin maintained that the Minority would continue to scrutinise the programme because the financial consequences ultimately affected Ghanaian taxpayers.
By: Jacob Aggrey
