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Registration of minors have been detected in Rochen Junction, Constituency 048 of the Tonkolili District, after a 16years and 14years old were caught on Friday the 9th September,2022 trying to register.
Sierra Leone’s Youth Affairs Minister, Mohamed Orman Bangura, on his visit to the Rochen Junction center to observe the ongoing registration exercise caught a 16 years old girl at the center and a 14 years old boy with a fake document on his hand attempting to register.
The 14 years old was already in the center and was being registered when the Minister came in and interrogated him.
When Minister Bangura asked him for his birth certificate which will prove his eligibility to register, the boy showed him a hand written document which he said was written by his uncle to show out when asked for his birth certificate.
Going through the paper, the Minister found out that the name on the document was not even the boy’s name and the boy could not give a proper explanation.
The staffs, having being caught red handed gave flimsy excuses that the 14 years old boy was brought by his father whom had confirmed that he was of age to register. And when the Youth’s Minister asked what happened to checking for his birth certificate, they continued insisting that the boy’s father had came with him.
All suspects have been arrested and handed over to the Mile 91 police division.
See video below:
