The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has disclosed that the government is set to increase the number of households benefiting from the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme by over 50,000 starting in July.

She made this known during a monitoring exercise of the 94th and 95th LEAP payment cycles in the Krowor Municipality on Wednesday, April 2.



The Minister assured that challenges with disbursement are being addressed and that beneficiaries who no longer qualify, including deceased individuals, will be removed to make way for new applicants.

Naa Momo also acknowledged concerns about ineligible people receiving benefits and urged the public to report such cases for necessary action.

“From the budget presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister on behalf of the President, he announced 50,000 households to benefit from it, so we are looking forward to that, and it will take off from July.

“Everyday monitoring goes on, and we are monitoring until the last beneficiary gets their benefit. Then, we will be done for this batch and will come back again when the funds are available for the next disbursement.

“I just want to encourage beneficiaries that I know this is woefully inadequate, but half a loaf is better than none. Some have started businesses with it, and that is a good thing about the project. Through that, they can take care of their family in a small way. We would have to see them graduate to do major things,” he stated.