The flag-bearer for the New Patriotic Party, NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the daily spectacle of children standing beside the roads in our cities and hawking all manner of things when they should be in school must challenge our dignity and encourage us to action.

Delivering a speech on Tuesday on job creation at the TUC Congress, Nana Akufo-Addo said he believes children must be in school, learning to be the productive workers and citizens of tomorrow who can earn a living wage and only perform child work, which prepares the child for the future while attending school.

He stressed the need for government’s action in providing sufficient schools to educate them freely, with meals and supplies and have jobs that can pay living wages to their parents to support them without needing to put them to work so early in their lives.

According to him, the NPP government has already had a significant impact in reducing child labour through the introduction of the School Feeding Programme and the Capitation Grant that have combined to increase primary school enrolment by 30%.


Story by Jerry Tsatro Mordy (ASEMPA FM)