On November 14, 2023, the Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, blamed road contractors for the increase in teenage pregnancies in the region. She urged the contractors to concentrate on their core duties, which is to build the roads they are assigned, and stop chasing teenage girls. Read the full story originally published on November 14, 2023, by GhanaWeb, below: The Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan made the comment during a sod-cutting ceremony for construction works to begin on the 3.7-kilometre Kasoa Ofaakor-Jei River road in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. She blamed contractors for the recent increase in teenage pregnancies in the region. "I know you won't be happy about what I'm about to say, but please, we beg you, when you start your work, please stay away from the teenage girls in this area. We don't want to come next year to commission the road and hear that someone's teenager is pregnant and one of you is responsible." "If something like that happens, I will make sure that person is arrested.