THE government has presented 50 bicycles, five computers, five scanners, printers, as well as tables and chairs, to the Eastern Regional Office of the Department of Social Welfare.
The items will be distributed to members of the LEAP implementation committees in nine districts in the region to facilitate the effective monitoring and supervision of the LEAP programme.
Presenting the items, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, said the donation was a demonstration of the government’s commitment to motivate the department and its districts officers to ensure the successful implementation of the LEAP programme.
He called on the beneficiary officers to help identify local investment opportunities in their districts to enable the government to provide the underprivileged in society with the needed support to overcome poverty.
According to him, the government is now shifting its focus from implementing various poverty-alleviation programmes to boosting local investment opportunities to empower the people to undertake ventures that will improve their living standards.
“Since the government has now recognised that the allocation of money to the people to go into various income-generating activities in the past has failed, it has now shifted focus on identifying and boosting local economic opportunities to empowering the people to overcome poverty,” Mr Ofosu Ampofo stated.
The regional minister mentioned the preparedness of the government to continue with the various social interventions, such as the School Feeding Programme and the Capitation Grant, that were implemented by the previous government
Receiving the items, the Eastern Regional Director of the Department, Mr Gyamena Danquah, expressed appreciation to the government for fulfilling its promise to facilitate the mobility of members of the LEAP implementation committees in the region.
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