DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD/WORLD CHILD LABOUR DAY CELEBRATED

The Wassa East District Assembly in collaboration with World vision a non governmental organisation and the District Education Office has jointly celebrated this year’s world child Labour Day and Day of the African child at Sekyere Krobo, a community in the district. The themes for the World Child Labour Day and Day of the African child celebration are “Ghana, take action now! Say No to child labour in domestic work” and “Eliminating Harmful Social and Cultural Practices Affecting Children: Our Collective Responsibility” respectively.

The District Director of Education, Alhaji Yakubu Adam whose welcome address was read on his behalf by the Human Resource Officer of GES, Mr. Joseph Tetteh commended World Vision the sponsors of the programme for their commitment to supporting the celebration every year since its inception. He said “In fact I must confess that the general wellbeing of our children in the district is their primary focus.”

Mr. Tetteh in briefing the gathering on the history  of THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD (DAC) said the day is commemorated every year on June 16 by Member States of the African Union (AU) and its Partners (in accordance with Resolution CM/Res.1290 (XL).This commemoration is firstly an occasion to recall the 1976 uprisings in Soweto, when a protest by school children in South Africa against apartheid-inspired education resulted in the brutal and deadly repression of these unarmed young protesters by police officials.

 Hon. Aggrey indicated that Government’s has shown commitment to the fight against child labour over the years by ratifying International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions 182 and 183, and has approved convention 189 which we are yet to be ratified. More so the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and all partners are constantly in the fight against child labour especially the media.