A seven-member committee of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly's (AMA) Child Panel, which was inaugurated about three months to oversee the well-being of children in the metropolis, on Thursday paid a courtesy call on the Domestic Violence and Victim support Unit (DOVSSU).
Addressing the executives of DOVVSU, Nii Adjebu Lamptey, Chairman of the Panel, said the visit was to formally inform DOVVSU of the formation of the panel and its readiness to collaborate with the unit in handling issues
that pertain to children.
He said the main objective of the panel was to work to bring peace into homes in the metropolis and to ensure that children took their proper place in the society.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Owusuah Kyeremeh, Regional Commander of DOVVSU, praised AMA for the initiative adding that it would help to complement the work of the unit.
She appealed to the panel not to hesitate in referring all criminal cases to the unit for the necessary action.
"We will plead with you to refer all juvenile cases that are of either first or second degree felony to us for the needed action to be taken," she added.
DSP Kyeremeh pledged to occasionally invite members of the panel to some of its outreach programmes and also work with any organization that had the well being of children at heart.
The Panel presented a copy of the Children's Act to DOVVSU.