 And Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has called for legislation as well as increased collaboration among global stakeholders to prevent prohibit and eradicate child labour in its entirety. Obaseki made the call in commemoration of the 2021 World Day Against Child Labour, with the theme Act Now, End Child Labour, marked every June 12th by the International Labour Organization and observed across the globe. The governor noted that there was an urgent need for stakeholders to scale up efforts in the global fight against child labour to save the 9 million additional children at risk of being pushed into child labour by the end of 2022 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.