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Polygamy is also on the rise as these self acclaimed rich men due to their selfish interests lure innocent young girls into marriage which they later regret. Mostly they do not disclose their identity as even married men [though some of them are absurdly married and spread across the country] and deceive these young girls mostly girls in the tertiary or near to complete tertiary or fresh graduates who are vulnerable in the society. Vulnerable here in the sense that in Ghana, the equation of the rich and the poor is unbalanced where the ratio of rich people is higher than that of the average or people with very low standard of living. Most parents are unable to cater for if not 25% at most then close to 50% of the needs of their wards and the tertiary sector is where boys and girls get self actualization, where they appreciate life especially lifestyle. As part of the adult life, they become aggressive and conscious about life and living it which makes them vibrant but very naive. These self made grown men now come in the picture with the ‘responsible’ lifestyle that carries these young girls in to the total shallow level of reasoning. These rich men who wouldn’t want to be losers [after spending money on them and enjoying them as well] pretentiously marries these innocent girls and later reality sets in. As a saying goes “nothing is hidden under the sun” these young girls finds out how married they are, their real character comes out since you get to know more as you live more with the person and they are emotionally wounded. Currently this is a serious factor that is contributing to the rise of polygamy in Ghana and should be looked into. Young girls are whiling away with most of them having their dreams shattered in such marriages because these men already have other women that makes their responsibility huge thereby reducing their ability to properly take care of all these women especially when there are kids in addition so after marriage it’s just trauma for these young girls. The right institutions for girl child support or advocacy should take up the task of educating these young girls and sending a caution across all respective channels that would send the message to our precious young girls who are now coming into the world [more said in or after tertiary education] since that is where you tend to face life mostly by yourself making 90% of your decisions on your own.