A new child protection agency is to be established under the new Child Protection Bill.A corporate body known as the Child Protection Authority is to be set up, according to Section 8 of the Bill which makes provisions for reforming the law on the care and protection of children.The legislation also makes provision for the establishment of a Child Protection Board to be headed by a director, that shall be responsible for the formulation of the policy of the Authority and for the general administration of the Authority.The Authority will have the right to employ the required staff for the performance of its functions and is to be funded primarily by the Government.“The funds of the Authority shall comprise such amounts as may be voted for the purpose by Parliament, all amounts payable to or vested in the Authority and gifts to the Authority from any person, organisation or body,” according to the Bill which was recently laid in Parliament.“The Authority shall apply its monies for the payment of its officers and employees, the maintenance of its child care centres, the making of grants to private child care centres and such other purposes as are necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act,” it added.
