Teenage pregnancy is one of the social ills that affect society. The existence of teenage pregnancy do not auger
well for the development of the girl-child. This is attributable to the girls’ age and the absence of any consistent means of
support to care for the children and themselves when they should have been in school. It is alleged that teenage
pregnancy and its associated motherhood are characterized with shame, disgrace, school dropout and sometimes end of
the individual’s dreams of achieving higher pursuits. According to Yampolskaya, Brown, and Greenbaum (2002),
“...approximately 60% of adolescent mothers live in poverty at the time of the birth of their babies, and approximately
73% go on welfare within 5 years of giving birth.”(p8)