A nursing mother of a two weeks old baby, Akua Nyarkoah together with her three other kids are now living in a kiosk after their landlord sent them packing following the death of the family’s breadwinner.
“My husband who was the source of livelihood to the family died about six months ago when we were happily staying at Amasaman-Drobo. He left the house about three weeks before his death to work somewhere during which I never heard from him till he came back,” she said
“Unfortunately, when he came back, he was look very pale and unhealthy but when I asked him what the problem was, he told me he was fine and when I persisted because I was convinced he was not feeling fine, he got angry at me,” she sobbed.
Commenting on the untimely death of her husband and how their lives seem to have suddenly ended, Akua Nyarkoah stated it was very hard for her to accept the news.
“Even though my husband looked differently when he came home, in his own way of making up to the family he prepared fufu for himself and the kids and rice balls for me which I even lost appetite for and requested for This way beverage and bread instead.”
“Unfortunately, he began acting weird and restless in the middle of the night and told me he had burning sensations all over his body, he was just smiling as he looked at the children and I but it became worse around 3am so I called for help and took him to the hospital,” she explained
Extending her narration, Akua Nyarkoah stated her husband was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital as she returned home to get his clothes because he wore just boxer shorts.
Narrating her ordeal amidst tears from her new home, Akua Nyarkoah stated the kiosk owner charges GH c300 as the initial payment for staying in the kiosk which does not even have electricity.
“Our rent was due just few weeks after the death of my husband but even when I pleaded with the landlord amidst tears to give me time to look for money to pay, he refused to listen but instead threw our things out,” she recounted.
“A friend took me to the owner of the kiosk at Achimota-Abofu but after the owner told me it was 300, my friend gave me GHc100 to go and talk to the owner to see if he would accept that. Fortunately, he took the money after I promised him I was going to pay the rest by the end of the month,” she said.
“I was also told I will be required to pay GHc60 every month per the payment structure,” she added.
Due to their current situation with nobody to help them because Nyarkoah says her mother is only a poor woman and for her father, a man she has never seen since birth, her three children are now school dropouts with little or nothing to feed on in the day.
“We are pleading with Ghanaians and anybody who can help to come to our rescue. My children have now refused to go to school because they tell me I don’t give them money,” she said.
Speaking to Crime Check GH, the “Saviour” Prince who made this sad story known to the Team revealed he had no knowledge Akua Nyarkoah and her children were living in a Kiosk.
“I met her at a rail line behind my house with her pregnancy thinking she was alone only to later realise she had children. So I encouraged her to join my church and through consistent talks, I got to hear her pathetic story of the bare floor on which they sleep,” he narrated
“In a chat with my mother, she suggested I contact Ibrahim who is the founder of Crime Check foundation and that was how I got to you,” he said
In view of this sad development, Crime Check Foundation is appealing to the general public to extend their help to this young widow and her family to give them the bright future they deserve.
