Odii Vows to End Child Hawking, Househelp Culture In Ebonyi
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has pledged to tackle child hawking, child labour and the practice of sending children away from their communities as domestic helpers if elected governor in 2027. Odii made the pledge during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, where he identified poverty, unemployment and limited economic opportunities as major factors driving families to send children into domestic work and street hawking. He said his administration would establish skills-acquisition centres across the 13 local government areas of the state to equip youths with practical skills capable of leading to employment and self-employment. According to him, the centres would offer training in areas including carpentry, POP installation, tailoring, animal husbandry, fishery and other vocational trades. Odii said each local government would have a facility capable of accommodating about 3,000 trainees, poten...
