{"id":222774,"date":"2016-06-16T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=222774"},"modified":"2016-06-16T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T06:00:30","slug":"prosecute-perpetrators-of-child-labour-churches-urge-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/prosecute-perpetrators-of-child-labour-churches-urge-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecute perpetrators of child labour \u2013 Churches urge gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some Christian missions have charged government to demonstrate its seriousness on combating child labour with the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of the practice.<\/p>\n
The Missions; the Methodist Church Ghana, the A.M.E Zion Church and the Ghana Baptist Convention, say excessive lip service has been paid to stopping the practice in the past and thus called for immediate action.<\/p>\n
In a brief press encounter to announce a partnership between the Christian Missions and an International Organisation, International Justice Mission (IJM) in the fight against child labour in Ghana, the churches were alarmed at the prevalence of the practice especially, in parts of the Volta Region.<\/p>\n
Immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, and Senior Pastor with the Ghana Baptist Convention Rev. Dr. Fred Degbe, noted that, the prosecution of child labour related offences has become more problematic due to the lack of protection for whistle blowers and vulnerable witnesses.<\/p>\n