GIS rescues 33 children

The Northern Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has rescued 33 children who were being trafficked from some communities in the Eastern Corridor to Nigeria.

Aged between 10 and 17 years, the children were rescued last week by a combined team of police and GIS personnel.

The children were being trafficked from Zabzugu and Tatale-Sangule in the Northern Region and Nkwanta North and South districts in the Volta Region.

The Northern Regional Commander of the  GIS, Mr Eric Afari, announced this at a thanksgiving service at the Tamale Anglican Cathedral yesterday to thank God for the passage of the Immigration Bill into law by Parliament.

The law, which is yet to receive a presidential assent, seeks to raise the profile and expand the operations of the service and also allow officers working at the various border posts of the country to use firearms

Mr Afari, therefore, appealed to residents in the affected districts to  offer cr