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Programme Background

In late 2000 and early 2001, the international media reported that children were being trafficked and employed in large numbers in hazardous work, including the cocoa sector, under slavery-like conditions in West Africa. The media reports led to discussions between the representatives of the international cocoa industry and a number of trade unions, consumer and non-governmental organizations and advocated for actions to be taken to eliminate worst forms of child labour in the sector to prevent boycott of cocoa products and its derivatives. The meeting resulted in the development of a strategy to deal with the problem. This strategy was…

Programme Objectives

The overall objective of the National Cocoa Child Labour Elimination Programme is to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in the cocoa sector by 2011 and contribute to the elimination, by 2015, of WFCL in other sectors of the economy. This objective will be pursued through the following Seven (7) broad strategic elements: Enhancement of the knowledge base on child labour in the cocoa sub-sector to inform planning, programme design and implementation, awareness raising and advocacy activities, monitoring and evaluation of interventions, as well as certification and monitoring under the Protocol for the Growing and Processing of Cocoa…

Organizational Structure

The NPECLC is under the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, and it is staffed by five officers and nine Programme Assistants. The secretariat is headed by the National Programme Manager who is in charge of the day to day running of the secretariat. It is made up of three main units: The Ghana Child Labour Monitoring System (GCLMS) Unit Remediation Unit Monitoring and Evaluation Unit NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE The National Steering Committee (NSC) on the Elimination of Child Labour provides the Government of Ghana with directions towards the overall elimination of child labour in the country. The NSC…

NPECLC Secretariat

Prof. Richard Bani (National Programme Manager) Prof. Richard Bani holds a PHD in Agricultural Engineering. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agric Engineering with vast experience in Management and Enterprise Development. Mamudu Kenneth (Programme Remediation Officer I) Mamudu Kenneth has been in the development field since 1998. He started his development work with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS/Gh) as Programme Officer. The focus was on educational development and capacity building of District Education Officers, teachers and other education stakeholders. He has also worked with Care International, as Decentralization and Partnerships Advisor, with the EQUALL Project as Training…

Prof. Richard Bani, National Programme Manager

Prof. Richard Bani holds a PHD in Agricultural Engineering. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agric Engineering with vast experience in Management and Enterprise Development.

Ebenezer Otokunor Attoh, Programme Remediation Officer

Mr. Ebenezer Attoh is a career Civil Servant on secondment from the Office of the Head of Civil Servant (OHCS) as a Programme Remediation Officer; he has been on the Programme since 1ST September, 2010. His postings in the Civil Service have taken him through service in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Youth and Sports and the OHCS. He is essentially an administrator but was exposed to youth management and development for over a decade at the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Since March, 2001 when he was posted to the OHCS, he has focused on Human Resource Management and, until his secondment as a Programme Remediation Officer for NPECLC, he was attached to the secretariat of the Civil Service Council.

Sam Atukwei, GCLMS Officer

Mr. Sam Atukwei Quaye National of the Ghana Child Labour Monitoring System (GCLMS) for the Programme. He has vast experience in Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. Mr. Sam Atukwei Quaye holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Philosophy and is currently pursuing an Executive Masters (Major: Project Management) in Business Administration at the University of Ghana Business School, Legon.