By Napoleon Ato Kittoe
Scenes like this are common in Ghana. A poor woman sleeping under a bridge with her kids by her side.
One of the kids who was asleep had coiled her body for warmth, while the second kid was busy looking for something, perhaps food which was unavailable at that material moment.
They face a hazard which could result in their instant deaths. Should the bridge collapse, that would be the result. In some countries, bridges considered as engineering Jewel, collapsed.
More questions arise out of this sight.
Who fathered these children?
Must childbearing be compulsory even if adults have no coffers?
Does the government budget engulf destitute roaming the streets?
Is there any other means of livelihood for saddled women, or once there is no benefactor they must resort to the streets?
In case they are migrants, how do the domestic laws handle affairs of such people?
Must these children continually have their fates bound with the vissicitudes parents are entangled forever?
Is social delinquency not a future possibility out of this tough life?
