The spokesperson of priest Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII said the girl is not expected to fulfil marital duties until she reaches the legal age of consent, which is 16 in Ghana.
UNICEF has said in a report that child marriage has declined in Ghana but is difficult to track down the victim due to lack of birth certificates. Recent studies have suggested that Ghana still has one of the highest child marriage prevalence rates in the world.
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The priest, also known as a Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, married the child in a customary ceremony held in Nungua, Krowor, on Saturday
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