GLOBESERVE Ministries International, in partnership with Westwood Community Church and Wooddale Church, USA, have held a ‘Gospel of Justice Conference’ at Adidome in the Central Tongu district of the Volta Region, to tackle the rising menace of child exploitation in the country.
The conference, themed, ‘Making Ghana a better place devoid of Child Exploitation, the Role of the Church,’ brought together stakeholders, parents, and children to address the pressing issue.
Reverend Samuel Anthony Kofi Dunya, the Founder and General Overseer of GLOBESERVE Missionary Church and President of GLOBESERVE MINISTRIES International, emphasized the urgency of the situation, and cited cases of child trafficking in Tongu due to family breakdowns, poverty, and ignorance.
He highlighted the need for the church to take swift action to remedy the situation.
‘The conference is to sensitize the church and the community about the injustices faced by children and to mobilize efforts to prevent child exploitation in Tongu and the
country at large. The church can’t allow the children to continue suffering. It’s antichrist,’ he explained.
Rev. Dunya called on the government and the traditional authorities to enforce the laws on child protection.
He also emphasised the need for collective action to protect children from exploitation.
Apostle Immanuel Tettey, the General Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal, and Charismatic Council, called for the church to support the government in ending child exploitation.
He also attributed the prevalence of child exploitation to poverty, cultural breakdown, and single parenting issues.
Apostle Tettey urged the creation of jobs to alleviate poverty.
He encouraged the media to raise awareness about child exploitation and its detrimental effects on the country.
Mr Francis Nunuake, a victim of child trafficking, shared his personal experience of being trafficked at the age of six to Afram Plains.
He recounted the physical and emotional toll of his experience, including the loss of five friends who
died while diving in the river.
He advised parents to protect their children and avoid giving them out to strangers.
Source: Ghana News Agency