Sperm has become one of the hottest commodities
being sold in Ghana and many parts of the world. The target market for this new
booming venture are couples suffering from male infertility, lesbian couples,
and single women who pay huge amounts of money to access it.
“Selling of sperm is gradually becoming the new
business frontier booming in Ghana because it has many uses in today’s society:
making babies, sperm banks, and putting volume in limp hair in order to make it
long,” a medical student at the University of Ghana Medical School, who sold
sperm five times to a Fertility Centre in Accra for GH¢10, 000, told Economic
Tribune (ET).
The medical student, who gave his name only as
Mensah, said even though selling of sperm was a risky business, it was also
rewarding as well.
“I use the proceeds from this business to pay my
fees and also support my close pals. Who knows how long I will continue? But
whatever happens, I know I can look back on many happy families that I have
helped to create,” he stated.
“I discovered my husband was infertile when we got
married after two years. But I wanted to experience motherhood. I decided to
have artificial insemination. I have never cheated on him. I just got sperm from
a willing seller and got two healthy babies. Is that not wonderful?” she asked.
In the case of Naomi, she got a young man from the University of Cape Coast,
paid him GH¢12,000 and took his sperm, which she used twice to get the babies.
“Sperm is one of the scared commodities for many of
us. There is a high demand for it and many young men are going into this
venture selling their sperm to help others, who needs it for one reason or the
other,” Naomi explained.
Investigations conducted by ET revealed that due to
the huge capital outlay of the process, women have now devised a way of beating
the system by getting donors (sperm sellers) whom they take to the Fertility Centers
for harvesting at a cheaper cost and then having the sperm induced in their uteruses.
Culled from Ghananews.
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