Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has advised teenage girls to avoid engaging in sexual promiscuity until they turn 18 years.

Madam Djabah who was addressing the press at a series at the Ministry of Information, advised young girls to keep their virginity secured till they are of age.

“Girlchild, don’t sleep with him. It is not love. It is lust. You are special, you are precious. Until 18, put a padlock on it and lock it and throw the key away,” she posited.

She added that when boys try to lure them into their snares under the pretence of love, they should turn them down by playing smart.

“Don’t get pregnant. If a boy loves you, he will say ‘because I love you, sleep with me. You should say to him ‘because you love me, don’t sleep with me. If you love me, demonstrate your love by not sleeping with me”, Otiko Djaba cautioned.