News:
May 27, 2015
The Member of Parliament for Sissala East constituency, Sulemana Alijata Gbentie has affirmed her commitment to support the lives of the locals and the underprivileged in deprived communities through the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP).
In her bid to help prop up the socio-economic lives of her constituents, the MP has managed to lobby for the expansion of the number of beneficiary communities under the LEAP programme.
At least 33 additional communities have been covered ranging from 75-100 households in her enclave, which currently represents 95% coverage of the total number of households benefiting from the LEAP programmme in the Sissala East constituency.
Besides this, the MP in an interaction with Ghanamps.gov.gh said, she is working hard to meet the marginal gap of 5% of non-beneficiaries to eventually enable tally up 100% coverage of LEAP in the area. “I am currently going round the communities with the help of the Data collection officer in the constituency to reach out to the 5% left that needed to be included,” she disclosed.
According to her, the poverty rate in her constituency is worrying therefore such interventions are crucial to meet the subsistence needs of the poor and underprivileged.
Some of the beneficiary communities which are on-board included Bawiesibelle, Komo, Genebisi, Sachoboi, Du-east, Wellembelle, Santie, Jigen, Vamboi, Bugubelle, Tarsaw, and Kroboi.
Others are Mmanduanu Yigantu, Challu, Sakallu, Banuwuru, Piina, Kasana amongst others.
The Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme is a social cash transfer program which provides cash and health insurance to extremely poor households across Ghana to alleviate short-term poverty and encourage long term human capital development.
Jonathan Jeffrey Adjei/Ghanamps.gov.gh