Gender, Children and social protection minister speaks on gov’t intentions on LEAP

As part of monitoring operations of the ongoing LEAP Grant Payment Exercise (for both 81st and 82nd Cycles) across the country, the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Hon. Lariba Zuweira Abudu carried out a similar exercise on Tuesday 21st February, 2023.

Accompanied by the Chief Director and some Ministry officials, they visited some LEAP payment sites including Muettey/Teye Kwame, New Jerusalem, and Naglayosisi in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region.

The Minister undertook this monitoring exercise to witness the payment process in order to gather information and insights into the LEAP program directly from the beneficiaries.

Speaking to recipients and the media, Hon. Lariba Zuweira Abudu said the LEAP initiative aims to improve access to social services, encourage productive engagement, and ease household consumption.

Additionally, the LEAP Program’s intervention aims to encourage beneficiaries to modify their behavior in response to the malaise of persistent poverty, ultimately helping Ghana to achieve both its own national development goals and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

LEAP is a social cash transfer program for Ghana’s poorest households with the aim of alleviating poverty by fostering human capital development and smoothing consumptions

Source: Ghanaxpres.com