LEAP in eleven months arrears
By Joseph Osei
The
Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) Program is said to be in arrears.
Eleven districts that benefits from the program in the Ashanti Region have not receive
grants for the past nine months. The
program is a social cash transfer program which provides cash and health
insurance to extremely poor households across Ghana. LEAP started a trial phase
in March 2008, now reaches approximately 35,000 households across Ghana. The
program is fully funded from general revenues of the Government of Ghana, and
is the flagship program of its National Social Protection Strategy.
Speaking
to Ultimate Radio, the Ashanti Regional Director of the Social welfare Jacob Achulo
said the program since January has not paid grants to beneficiaries. He said
beneficiaries have been trooping to their district offices to inquire when the
monies will be paid.

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