General News of Thursday, 10 May 2018Source: citinewsroom.comWicked parents force kids to sell on streets, work as servants – OtikoOtiko Afisah Djaba, Minister of Gender, Children and Social ProtectionMinister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has challenged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and officers at the Social Welfare Department to take legal action against parents who compel their children to engage in all forms of child labour. “Every work that stresses children, work that prevents children from attending school and work which causes harm to our children constitutes child labour. The children did not ask to be born, they did nothing wrong to come into this world, so why such treatment on them. District Chief Executives, social welfare department and other agencies should rise up to the task now. “Parents, I’m pleading with you to allow your children to go to school, we have gone past those ancient times.

Source: GhanaWeb May 10, 2018 13:41 UTC