{"id":421945,"date":"2011-06-10T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/10\/gov%e2%80%99t-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T12:51:16","slug":"govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/>The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the Department of Social Welfare are preparing to visit Mr. and Mrs. Alex Obeng Sakyi, who delivered quintuplets, to offer them the needed assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry has therefore directed the Department of Social Welfare to get in touch with the family to get first hand information of the children since it would enable the Ministry to know the kind of help to offer them.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere revealed this in an interview with Asempa News on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The pro vita Specialist Hospital in Tema chalked up another feat by helping a 34-year-old trader, Mrs. Stella Obeng-Sakyi, to be delivered of quintuplets.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Obeng-Sakyi had, for seven years, been looking for a baby after her marriage to Mr. Alex Obeng-Sakyi, an employee of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) in Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p>Through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) embryo transfer, two boys and three girls were delivered by Dr Joe Mainoo, the Medical Director of the hospital, on May 9, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister explained that, those who give birth to one child at a time even find it difficult to cater for them and so it is proper that the ones, who have up to five at a go, are given needed assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Antwi-Boasiako added that the children, even though were born by the couple, they now belongs to the society, hence the need for the government to offer assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Story: Kwaku Antwi-Otoo\/Asempa News\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the Department of Social Welfare are preparing to visit Mr. and Mrs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-421945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the Department of Social Welfare are preparing to visit Mr. and Mrs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-10T12:51:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/\",\"name\":\"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-10T12:51:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the Department of Social Welfare are preparing to visit Mr. and Mrs","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent","datePublished":"2011-06-10T12:51:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/"},"wordCount":266,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/","name":"Gov\u2019t to offer assistance to quintuplet parent - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2011-06-10T12:51:16+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/govt-to-offer-assistance-to-quintuplet-parent-2\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6f808824020x20168.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}