Dr.
Ernestina Tetteh, Convener of the Coalition for Street-Connected Children Organisation (CSCCO), has raised serious concerns over what she describes as the growing and increasingly organised problem of child streetism in Ghana-particularly involving children from neighbouring countries.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on May 8, 2025, Dr.
Tetteh noted that the number of street-connected children is on the rise, with many reportedly arriving from countries such as Chad and Niger. "Statistics are hard to come by; we only know that the numbers are growing by the day.
