The Government of United State of America (USA) has charged Ghana to end modern day slavery immediately or face the consequences of her lackadaisical attitude towards the fight against the crime. This may include cutting off military assistance to Ghana and also reduce aid support amounting over $140 million per year.
Per its ratings, Ghana is classified as a Tier 2 Watch List country, meaning that the government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons and also failed to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat forced labour, child labour and sex trafficking of children and adults in the past year.
The White House, mincing no words warned President Mahama that: "Without significant progress in combating trafficking in persons, Ghana risks losing U.S. support for programs in agriculture, education, security, governance, health and economic growth". The U.S. government is funding several programs in Ghana to address trafficking and child labor.
In June 2015, President Mahama and then-Ambassador Gene Cretz signed the Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership. The CPC Partnership is a jointly developed, multi-year plan aimed at bolstering current efforts of the government of Ghana and Ghanaian civil society to address child sex trafficking and forced child labour within Ghana.
The Partnership awarded $5 million in U.S. foreign assistance to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Free the Slaves, NGO to combat forced child labour and child sex trafficking in the Volta, Central, and Greater Accra regions over the next four years.
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