Ogun State government has been urged to implement social protection policies that will address the issue of forced labour among children in the state. 

The Chairman, Ogun State Steering Committee on Child Labour, Mr Eshomounu Itemoagbo made the call in Abeokuta at the commemoration of World Day against Child labour. 

The Committee Chairman, Mr Itemoagbo, who applauded the government for initiating the Home Grown School Feeding Programme among other interventions to nurture the children, emphasized more efforts in the area of child protection and prevention of school dropout.

Other speakers, including the representative of Child Protection Network, Mrs Ikepo Adebayo, Mr Fashina Adebayo of the Ministry of Women Affairs and the Mrs Tolulope Kowo from the Ministry of Information expressed concern that the rights of children were being trampled upon by those who ought to protect them and appealed to stakeholders to strengthen the war against the right of the child.

They described the theme for this year’s celebration, “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labor” as a clarion call for government, religious bodies, non-governmental organizations and all adults to rise against all forms of child labour. 

Oluwatoyin Adegoke

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