Message from Ghana
from Jared Nii Tackie, Student, West
Africa Secondary School, Ghana
A child is a person below 16 years. And labor is any human activity exerted towards production. There child labour is when a person below 16 years is either forced to work or on his own finds job to do.
There are a lot of problem associated with child labour. Some of these include: DRUG ADDICT, ARMED ROBBERS,SEXUAL ABUSE/RAPE, OVER EXPOITATION and UNTIMELY DEATH.
At the governmental level in Ghana, the government has passed out a law which was whole heartedly supported by parliament. The law makes it an offence for people to engage the services of the people to work. She is being supported by the security agencies. These has reduce drastically the level of child labour in Ghana.
Also the government has given out incentives to people who provides information leading to the arrest who does secretly.
Furthermore, the government has also being educating people through the print , electronic-media, seminars and conferences.
Among the corporate entities, most of the industries that where using child labour have stem completely. They have also giving education incentive to institutions to help children, especially the disadvantage to go to school.
On the family level, families have being made to send their wards to school and prevent them from working. In fact, incentives have even being giving where parent do not even have money to send their
wards to school and with subsidies. Furthermore, because of the punishment attached to it ,when a parent or a family allow the children or the child to work, it has made it possible for people to send their wards to school.
In conclusion therefore I can say that as far as Ghana is concerned, child labour has being drastically reduced. It is believe that in the foreseeable future, child labour will no more exist in Ghana or
becomes part of our tradition.
Jared Nii Tackie
Student, West Africa Secondary School, Ghana
