{"id":195676,"date":"2024-07-02T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/02\/over-gh%c2%a2103-million-released-for-leap-payments\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:25:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:25:37","slug":"over-gh%c2%a2103-million-released-for-leap-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/02\/over-gh%c2%a2103-million-released-for-leap-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Over GH\u00a2103 million released for LEAP payments \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Government has released GH\u00a2103.25million to pay 324,073 beneficiary households for the 89th cycle Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme.<\/p>\n<p>Payment for the 89 cycle (January and February 2024) is therefore scheduled to start on Monday 1st July 2024 across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a press briefing held in Accra, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dakoa Newman, noted that the released amount is a result of doubling the initial cash grants for beneficiary households.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that one-member households will now take GH\u023c256 from the initial GH\u00a2128; two-member households GH\u00a2304 from GH\u00a2152; three-member households GH\u00a2352 from GH\u00a2176 and four-member households GH\u00a2424 from GH\u00a2212.<\/p>\n<p>This, she stressed, underscores government\u2019s commitment to poverty alleviation and improving the quality of life of the country\u2019s extremely poor and vulnerable households.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe revised grant amounts will take immediate effect, ensuring that their far-reaching benefits are felt without delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis boost in funding is further expected to provide much-needed relief and support to thousands of families across the country, enabling them meet their basic needs more effectively as well as invest in their future well-being,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issues of delay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the consistent delays in disbursement of the LEAP grants, which Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) emphasised further deepens hardship for vulnerable citizens, the minister assured that there will be no default going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are putting in more and we needed to ensure that we have the funding. We needed to ensure that we have covered all, so it is part of the reason. There was also much sensitisation that is needed to be done \u2026 but we can assure you that once this payment is made, everything is set to hold up,\u201d she assured.<\/p>\n<p>She added that there will be a monitoring and reassessment process put in place to ensure the right individuals benefit from these funds, transitioning from extreme poverty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Payments details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current upward adjustment in LEAP grant to beneficiary households follows a prior 100% increase in June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2015 to 2023, the LEAP grants paid to beneficiary households bi-monthly were: one-member household was entitled to GH\u00a264, two-member households were entitled to GH\u00a276, three-member households were entitled to GH\u00a288 and finally four and above member households were entitled to GH\u00a2106.<\/p>\n<p>From June to December 2023, the LEAP grants paid to beneficiary households bi-monthly were: one-member household was entitled to GH\u00a2128, two-member households were entitled to GH\u00a2152, three-member households were entitled to GH\u00a2176 and finally four and above member households were entitled to GH\u00a2212.<\/p>\n<p>The minister expressed appreciation to partners including the World Bank, World Food Programme and Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office for their continuous support toward the LEAP Programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>thebftonline.com<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-172.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-885994\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has released GH\u00a2103.25million to pay 324,073 beneficiary households for the 89th cycle Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme. 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