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Describes Child Labour as evil
Empowering 350,000 households in Zamfara, Abia, Kogi, Niger, Sokoto, Ekiti, others
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
The Federal Government on Thursday restated its resolve to entirely eradicate child labour in the country by empowering 350,000 households/child labour victims in supply chain hubs, in Zamfara, Abia, Sokoto, Cross River, Kogi, Niger, and Ekiti among others.
The Government also described child labour as evil, bad and unaccessible in the country.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen spoke at the Validation Workshop of the National Policy and Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour 2021-2025 and the official launch of the 2021 Commemoration for the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour in Nigeria, in Abuja.
Green Ghana Project to plant 5m trees June 11
April 14, 2021 Mr Jinapor addressing members of the Committee
The government intends to plant five million trees in a day across the country as an initial programme under its Green Ghana Project.
The trees are scheduled to be planted on June 11 this year and Ghanaians would be mobilised to plant trees on the day and nurture them to maturity as a way of contributing to the preservation of the environment.
The exercise would commence with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah, planting trees.
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) have supported calls for a national dialogue to solicit ideas and build consensus for the measures needed to revive the economy.