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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Payment to unqualified persons, in\u00adcluding the deceased and overspend\u00ading under the Livelihood Empower\u00adment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme cost the country about GH\u00a215.8 million between 2017 and 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

This was contained in an Audit Report on the management of LEAP released by the Auditor-General\u2019s Department and copied to Parliament.<\/p>\n

Out of the figure, GH\u00a2396,620.00 was paid to 170 beneficiaries under the scheme whose socio-economic status had improved, and no longer qualified for the grant.<\/p>\n

The report said an amount of GH\u00a284, 480 was paid to representatives of some 44 deceased beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the LEAP Man\u00adagement Secretariat (LMS) did not adhere to fund utilisation guidelines resulting in ex\u00adcess spending of GH\u00a215,369,309.97 risking the sustainability of the programme.<\/p>\n

The audit report recommended the urgent need for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGSCP) to improve its records-keeping regime to enhance accountability.<\/p>\n

It advised that moving forward, \u201call ac\u00adcountants on the LEAP programme main\u00adtain records and report on quarterly basis to the Chief Director on all financial informa\u00adtion related to cash grants and administra\u00adtive cost relevant to the programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it asked the LEAP secre\u00adtariat to consider and review its decision to solely rely on data from the Ghana Nation\u00adal Housing Register (GNHR) to identify beneficiaries but conduct a reassessment to graduate and exit ineligible beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe LMS should adhere to the LEAP Fund utilisation guidelines during programme implementation to promote sustainability,\u201d the Audi\u00adtor-General urged.<\/p>\n

LEAP is a social protection initia\u00adtive implemented by the government to provide cash grants to extremely poor and vulnerable households to alleviate economic and social distress.<\/p>\n

Piloted in 2008 and in its 15th year, the programme targets vulnerable groups such as orphaned and vulner\u00adable children, breastfeeding mothers, old people and people with severe disabilities by providing bi-monthly cash payments to eligible households in various districts across the country.<\/p>\n

As at the end of December 2020, a total of 335,015 extremely poor households across 259 districts have been enrolled onto the programme.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Payment to unqualified persons, in\u00adcluding the deceased and overspend\u00ading under the Livelihood Empower\u00adment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme cost the country about GH\u00a215.8 million between 2017 and 2022. This was contained in an Audit Report on the management of LEAP released by the Auditor-General\u2019s Department and copied to Parliament. 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