Mrs Susana Aryeetey, officer in-charge of resource mobilization and communication at FIDA-Ghana, on Thursday urged Government to ensure the rigid enforcement of the Human Trafficking and Juvenile Justice Act to check child trafficking in the country.
She said aspects of the act that required people travelling with children on behalf of their parents should have written permissions from them.
Mrs Aryeetey made the call at a days sensitization workshop on child labour and child trafficking organized by FIDA-Ghana in conjunction with ILO in Cape Coast.
It was attended by representatives of security agencies, drivers and market women.
She expressed concern about the rate at which girls were trafficked in Ghana, due to the social value of girls and some of them ending up in the worst forms of child labour.
Mrs Aryeetey noted that most trafficked children were below 15 years and made to work for more hours than adults in contradiction of the Childrens Act.
She pointed out that when the Act was effectively enforced, adults found to be travelling with a child or children without written permission from their parents could be detained and questioned by security agencies.
Mrs Aryeetey appealed to officials at the various lorry stations to look out for such children and help stem the practice.
She appealed to government, security agencies and human rights organizations in the communities, to help intensify public education against child trafficking.
