Langbinsi (Northern Region), 26 Feb. ’99,
The out-going District Chief Executive for East Mamprusi, Mr Issaka Bawa, has appealed to people in the district to embrace family planning to help reverse the district’s high population growth rate of about 3.5 per cent. He said if this growth rate is viewed against the background of an economy, made up of mainly subsistence farmers with poor earnings, then it becomes clear that family planning is a must in the district. Launching the family planning campaign in the district at Langbinsi, Mr Bawa said even though the message of family planning is always being drummed into the ears of the people, only a meagre 12 per cent acceptance rate has been achieved. Mr Bawa observed that, while many women pay heed to family planning, some men vehemently kick against it because to them, it promotes unfaithfulness on the part of their wives. He appealed to men to get involved in family planning and population control crusade, saying, while in the past the population was comfortably supported by the land because the size of the population was small, today, all that has faded away due to the pressure of an ever increasing population. The District Director of Health Services, Mr Zakaria Seidu, explained that family planning services are designed to assist couples and individuals in their reproductive ages to fulfil their objectives.
