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No. In Ghana, the legal minimum age for marriage is 18 years for both males and females. A 16-year-old or 17-year-old cannot legally marry under Ghanaian law.

The Children’s Act of Ghana specifically states that:

“The minimum age of marriage of whatever kind shall be eighteen years.”

This applies to customary, religious, Islamic, and civil marriages.

There is sometimes confusion because:

The age of sexual consent in Ghana is 16.

But the legal age for marriage remains 18.

So:

Age 16 → marriage is illegal.

Age 17 → marriage is still illegal.

Age 18+ → marriage is legal, though some forms of marriage may require parental consent until age 21.