Parliament Vets Minister Designate For Gender, Children And Social Protection | Parliament

When approved, the minister-designate further said her outfit would increase the school feeding grant from 97 pesewas to an appreciable amount, as well as pursue the Finance Ministry for early release of grants to caterers to improve the nutritional value of the food.

She also promised to work in collaboration with the Education Ministry to stamp out betting among minors, join hands with the Ministry of Communication to improve ICT literacy among girls, and also work closely with the Ghana Statistical Service to identify child-marriage endemic areas, track them and rescue the victims.

On the issue of head porters “kayayei”, Hajia Zuwera said: "Mr Chairman, I see a lot of these kayayei with smartphones. So what I intend to do is to assist them market their produce on their phones to make money," she said.

“We need a policy to exempt minors from embarking on head poterage and in the case of adults, they must work decently under an agency,” she said.