{"id":442801,"date":"2011-06-17T06:59:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T06:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/upper-west-regional-minister-speaks-against-abuse-of-children%e2%80%99s-rights\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T06:59:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T06:59:41","slug":"upper-west-regional-minister-speaks-against-abuse-of-childrens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/upper-west-regional-minister-speaks-against-abuse-of-childrens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper West Regional Minister speaks against abuse of children\u2019s rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"87.4748228273\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/general-news\/\" title=\"View all posts in General News\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a> \u00bb Upper West Regional Minister speaks against abuse of children\u2019s rights<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, has observed that living of children on the streets was a manifestation of parental neglect.<\/p>\n<p>He said the \u201cstreetism\u201d should be the concern of the society because there were indications that something had gone wrong with the traditional socialisation process.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore called on Ghanaians to re examine the family system and ties and be alive to their responsibilities to address the challenges facing children.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Salia was addressing students of Queen of Peace Senior High School (SHS) at Nadoli and Saint Frances Girls SHS at Jirapa to mark the African Union Day dedicated for the African child.<\/p>\n<p>The day was commemorated with a debate between students of the two schools, on the topic: \u201cAre children adequately protected by Ghanaian family to prevent them from being on the streets?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Salia noted that the concept of \u201cWe are all one\u201d usually used by the society to resolve the perpetration of crimes was undermining the use of the law to protect the rights of children.<\/p>\n<p>He said children played a key role in sustaining the progress of the future and therefore their moral and social upbringing should be of paramount interest to all or else \u201cWe labour in vain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crusade to protect the rights of children is paramount. Their rights to health and education among others cannot be overemphasised and should be jealously protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually important is the need to ensure that we do not loose our social values in the process of protecting the right of children,\u201d Alhaji Salia said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Israel Akrobeto, Acting Regional Director of Children\u2019s Department, noted that many children were still suffering from parental neglect, abuse, child labour, child trafficking and other forms of exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>He called on stakeholders especially those occupying strategic positions to plan and budget adequately for children to help address the challenges of streetism.<\/p>\n<p>Students from St Francis SHS, who spoke in favour of the motion, emerged winners of the debate and took away a wall clock and assorted text books as their prize. Other items were presented to Queen of Peace SHS.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Salia donated GH\u00a2250 to St Francis SHS and GH\u00a2150 to Queen of Peace SHS in appreciation of the performance of the students.<\/p>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Department organised the forum with sponsorship from two NGO\u2019s- World Vision International and Plan Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/17\/upper-west-regional-minister-speaks-against-abuse-of-children\u2019s-rights\/\" title=\"Upper West Regional Minister speaks against abuse of children\u2019s rights\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upper West Regional Minister speaks against abuse of children\u2019s rights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Upper West Regional Minister speaks against abuse of children\u2019s rights Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, has observed that living of children on the streets was a manifestation of parental neglect. He said the \u201cstreetism\u201d should be the concern of the society because there were indications that something had gone wrong with the traditional socialisation process. 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