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Laws on child labour must be enforced-CHRAJ
Ho, Nov. 23, Ghanadot/GNA - The Volta Regional Directorate
of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
(CHRAJ), in collaboration with NGOs, on Thursday called for
the implementation of laws to curtail child labour in the
country.
Mr. Joseph Nuertey, Assistant Legal Officer of the
Commission, said this at a seminar it organized in Ho the
''Worst Forms of Child Labour'' such as child trafficking,
hazardous labour and the engagement of children in
pornography and prostitution in the region.
He said NGOs and CHRAJ should come together to make efforts
to reduce child labour to the barest minimum.
Mr. George Hornuvo, Principal Investigator of CHRAJ, said
the objective of the Ghana Time Board Project Development
was to contribute to the elimination of WFCL in Ghana.
He said, "Child Labour itself is work that is exploitative
and deprives a child of his/her education, personal
development and has the potential to endanger the child's
physical health, morals and safety".
During an open forum, participants complained of lack of
funds to boost their efforts in implementing the project.
The main forms of child labour identified in the region were
truck pushing, kente weaving, farm labour, involvement in
head porting, oyster hunting, fishing, cattle herding and
stone cracking.
GNA
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