General News of Thursday, 11 June 2020Source: Daily MailWe’ll remove child beggars, street children from streets – Gender MinisterMinister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia MorrisonThe Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has expressed worry about the high prevalence of child beggars and street children in the country and has consequently rolled out programmes to ensure that they are completely cleared from the streets. Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Cynthia Mamle Morrison attributed the increasing numbers of child beggars on the country’s street to the weakened extended family values and governance systems which are increasingly unable to protect and provide for children and care for these vulnerable people. She stressed that government has been consistent in strengthening social welfare programmes that provide preventive and responsive child protection services with emphasis on the implementation of strategies and programmes to reduce poverty and vulnerability. The Ministry, in collaboration with National Security, has accordingly unveiled plans to get these children beggars off the streets of Accra and other parts of the country. Unfortunately, some of these children taken off the streets have returned to the streets, occupying medians and traffic intersections of some busy streets.

Source: GhanaWeb June 11, 2020 14:03 UTC