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Group lauds government’s intervention programme
Accra, Jan 27, Ghanadot/GNA – A group
calling itself “Critical Eye Network” has lauded the
government's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)
social intervention policy to provide financial assistance
to people in extreme poverty.
In a statement signed by Mr Armstrong Esaah, its
spokesperson, the group described the policy as “a
remarkable feat of a visionary government.”
The programme, announced by the Ministry of Manpower, Youth
and Employment, provides between GH¢8 and GH¢15 monthly to
“people of extreme poverty.”
The statement noted that several governments around the
globe are reaching out to the vulnerable in society; “the
poor who cannot make ends meet; the aged who are not
working; the minors who have no source of help on their own,
to better their lot, adding that the LEAP is no exception
from this global practice and trend.
The group held that this step by the government to empower
the livelihood of Ghanaians against poverty demonstrates its
unrelenting commitment to improve the general living
conditions of the less privileged, “to give them a hope of
future”.
The group called on critics against the policy, especially
Kwesi Pratt and the opposition National Democratic Congress,
to “swallow their political pride to be able to dialogue
with government to make this support system a huge success.”
GNA
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