As part of his working visit to the Ahafo Region, the Deputy Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Hon. Dr. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, monitored the payment of the 90th Cycle of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme on Tuesday, 27th August 2024.
The Deputy Minister and his entourage monitored payments at Derma, a cluster pay point where beneficiaries from communities such as Kofitamkrom, Derma Nkwakyire, Subriso, Asoboi, Akobro, and Dwomo gathered to receive their grants.
The monitoring enabled the Deputy Minister to interact with beneficiaries, address their concerns, and gather primary information about the programme and payment processes.
While interacting with beneficiaries, he affirmed the 100% increase in the grant amount to beneficiary households and urged them to invest the grant into profitable businesses and their children’s education.
He reaffirmed that the government is committed to ensuring social intervention programmes benefit poor and vulnerable communities across the country. He mentioned that there is an upcoming reassessment of the LEAP programme to fix exclusion errors and include more beneficiaries.
There will also be a household data collection exercise to ensure that households in extreme poverty are easily targeted for social intervention programmes, he added.
Beneficiaries of the programme expressed their gratitude for the government’s continuous support, sharing stories of how the grants have positively impacted their lives by enabling them to meet their basic needs, engage in small trades, and access healthcare and education for their children.
