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June 11, 2019
TheCivil Liberties Organisation, CLO has advised the three-tiers of government todo all within their powers to tackle poverty as it was the major cause of childlabour in the country.
Thegroup said that most children who suffered child labour were those fromunplanned families or what he called `roadside’ parents.
TheChairman of the CLO in Lagos State, Ehi Omokhuale, gave the advice in aninterview in Lagos today.
Hespoke as the World commemorated the International Day Against Child Labourwhich is celebrated globally every June 12th.
Thetheme for 2019 is: “Children should not work in fields, but on dreams.’’
Accordingto him, the Federal, State and Local Governments as well as Ministries shouldrehabilitate and cater for unfortunate children.
Omokhualealso urged government to curtail inflation by controlling prices of products sothat the ordinary citizen could have a sustained purchasing power.