Ejura (Ash), Aug 24, GNA - Statistics show that there is generally poor response to marriage registration by couples in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District, a predominantly maize and yam growing area.

Between May 2003 and the third week of August, only 108 marriages had been registered under "Customary Marriage"

Mr Nelson Marfo, the Registrar of Marriages in the district, identified inadequate information and education as the major factor for the disinterest.

PNDC Law 112 aims at giving more protection to women and children and it came into effect in 1985.

Mr Marfo said it was important couples took advantage of the law to regularize their relationships.

He said such registration provides proof of marriage and in the event of one of the partners dying intestate the surviving spouse would enjoy his or her full share of the estate of the deceased as provided for by the "Intestate Succession Law, PNDC law 111.