Unbelievable and disgraceful are the only words the AFC can find to describe Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir’s statement that he will be introducing legislation to lower the age limit for children to commence working from 15 to 13. The AFC states categorically, that it will never support any legislation, or initiative, to reduce of the age at which a child can be allowed to work.
The laws that were introduced in 1994 which set the minimum age at 15 were done with good reason; taking into account international conventions, and the scourge of child labour and exploitation that had started to rare its ugly head in Guyana. The PPP/C should have been pushing a programme to educate children aged 13, and not one that will see our children going into the fields, factories and offices to work at that tender age. What manner of man is the Minister of Labour?
We demand an explanation from the President as to whether this is the opinion of his Government, and call on all Guyanese to voice their objections to this latest outrage.
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