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Article from GhanaDistricts.com
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ABURI (AKUAPEM NTH) : Chief Spearheads Fight Against Child Trafficking
Nana Opotafo O. B. Yiadom II, Chief of Adamorobe Aburi, in the Eastern region, has warned that child trafficking could have adverse effects on the nation if proper legislations were not enacted to punish perpetrators and called for a concerted effort from traditional rulers to fight child trafficking.
Speaking at the launch of the Third Annual Student World Assembly (SWA) at the University of Ghana, Legon, she said the fight against child trafficking could be won if traditional rulers got involved in issues relating to the menace. Nana Yiadom II said most victims of child trafficking were from the rural areas and there was therefore the need for traditional rulers to be concerned.
Mr Matthew Dally, National Programme Coordinator, International Labour Organisation (ILO), said causes of child trafficking were primarily rooted in poverty that had been created by socio-economic inequalities; ignorance; bad cultural practices; high unemployment rate and the demand for cheap labour.
He said in the traditional African society, children learned by helping their parents to perform certain social and economic activities and any child, who could not perform such role was considered lazy. Mr Dally said such moves made it possible for the labour of the child to be exploited under the pretext of socialization adding that the ILO recognised child trafficking as one of the worst forms of child labour.
Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, said the Ministry had set up a centre in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to rescue victims of child trafficking and called on stakeholders to take issues relating to child trafficking seriously.
The Student World Assembly International Convention is an annual event, which brings together students from Universities and Polytechnics to educate individuals of the world especially children, through local SWA chapters on the causes and consequences of armed conflicts in a collective effort to prevent them through coordinated activities.
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