World Day Against Child Labour Celebrated At Duusi

01-07-2010 Narration: The Talensi Nabdam District Focal person on child labour, Wilson Badza has appealed to thwe Mills Administration to keep faith with the Ghanaian worker by paying them good salaries as promised in the Single Spine Salary Structure. According to him if the Ghanaian worker is well paid he or she will take very good care of his children including educating them. This way the problem of child labour in the country if not totally eliminated would be reduced drastically. Mr Badza made the appeal at the celebration of this year’s World Day Against Child Labour at Duusi in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. Abraham Dimmie and Isaac Asare were there and have filed this report.
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The day which was organised by Afrikids, a child centered NGO with support from the Talensi-Nabdam District Directorate of Education, was under the theme: ’ Go for the goal: End Child Labour”. The Talensi-Nabdam District was chosen for this year’s celebration because of the high rate of child labour especially small scale mining in the area. Mr. Badza also appealed to the government to ensure the implementation of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), this year. He said the project promises a lot for the three regions of Northern Ghana, and when implemented would go a long way to curb the migration of the youth from the north to the south in search of menial jobs. Mr. Badza however told parents that government’s interventions may not mean much if they do not take family planning seriously. He therefore advised parents to produce the number of children they can adequately cater for. The Talensi-Nabdam District Chief Executive, Vivian Anarfo condemned the practice where parents send their children down south to work as garden boys and baby sitters. She advised parents to appreciate government’s intervention such as the capitation grant, the school feeding programme and the distribution of free exercise books and uniforms and send their children to school. The Afrikids Talensi-Nabdam Area Manager, Richard Amoah disclosed that since 2007, Afrikids has redrawn 155 children for the mines in the district. The children he said are being sponsored and are attending various level of education. He said four trainee hairdressers have written their exams and are awaiting results while 11 dressmakers will also write at the third quarter of the year. He added that 9 boys in carpentry, welding and motor mechanics would also be resettled at the end of the year. Mr Amoah called for the collaboration of all stakeholders to eliminate child labour which retards development.
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