Wɔ  afe 1980 mfiase no, mmaa kakra bi twe bɛn no a na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔte mmakuo nanso, wɔ  nhyiamu kakra bi akyi no, hwee ankɔ  so. ɔkae sɛ bre a obisaa wɔn nea wɔ pɛ sɛ wɔde saa kuo no yɛ no, ''ɛbɛdaa adi sɛ nea Yehia  mmom ne sɛ yɛ hyɛ ase yɛ nneɛma a ebetuim de sika abre wɔn na aboa ama w'atumi aboa wɔn manfo wɔ  mpontunwuma mu. Na mmaa no pii hia nneɛma bi te sɛ nsuo. Ekuo no kyerɛkyerɛ Ghana mmaa no senea wɔ  yɛ nwuma nya sika, sie sika no bi na wɔde bi nso boa mpontunwuma. ɛhyɛɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ ɛsɛ wotumi ma wɔn ano du beguam wɔ  wɔn nkura ase na wɔ  kyerɛkyerɛ apɔwmden ne adesua ho nhyehyei mu kyerɛ wɔn. ɛyɛɛ nhyehye maa wonyaa mpanyinfoɔ  sukuu mu kyɛfa ma ɛboa wɔn ma wosuaa akenkan ne akyerɛw - na wɔn mu pii yɛ ade wɔn ntumi nkenkan kampesɛ w'akyerɛw. Mmofra aware a na ɛrekɛso no yɛ ade a wɔkasa tiae na nhyehye ahorrɔw a ɛbɛboa ama nnuanepa ne apɔwmoden kɔɔ so. Wɔ  afe 1991 mu no, denam Nana Konadu mmoa so no, Ghana beyɛɛ ɔman a edikan gyee Aman nkabom kuo nhyehyei a wɔfrɛ no United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child no too mu.