The government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme has on today June 30, 2025, started the disbursement of GHC139,257,363.97 million to 350,000 households across 260 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies nationwide.
The amount is the 96th circle of LEAP cash grant between March and April 2025, for beneficiary households under Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme.
Announcing the payment, the sector Minister, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, said the government of John Dramani Mahama is committed to lowering the cost of living by making the right decisions to boost Ghana’s economic growth and development for everyone.
According to her, government is implementing measures to improve the real value of the LEAP cash grant and its effects on various development indicators such as nutrition, health, education, investment, and participation in productive activities.
“To achieve these goals, the government, through the Ministry, has started implementing the indexation of the LEAP cash grant against inflation by increasing the amount leading to gradual policy adjustments and help mitigate the impact of economic shocks. This, she said is aimed at ensuring that the real value of the benefit to households is maintained.”
She announced that the cash grant for a household with one eligible member has risen from GH₵256.00 to GH₵320.00, for two eligible member households, the amount has increased from GH₵304.00 to GH₵380.00, for three eligible member households, the amount has gone up from GH₵352.00 to GH₵440.00 and lastly for households with four or more eligible members, the amount has increased from GH₵424.00 to five hundred and thirty Ghana cedis (GH₵530.00).
Again, due to the indexation of the LEAP grant, the government has set aside GH₵953.5 million for the LEAP Programme in the 2025 budget, which is a notable increase compared to the 2024 allocation of GH₵728.8 million,
Naa Momo said an approval has been given to raise the number of beneficiary households from the current 350,000 to 400,000. The ongoing reassessment will help reach the target of 400,000 beneficiary households for future disbursements.
She stated that each household in the programme receives payments based on their extreme poverty status and the number of vulnerable individuals. Vulnerable individuals include orphans and vulnerable children, the elderly (65 years and older) without support, persons with severe disabilities who cannot work easily, and extremely poor pregnant women and lactating mothers with infants under one year.
“I would like to remind LEAP beneficiary households to focus on nutrition, children’s education, and investing in income-generating activities. They should also start saving based on their household needs and goals. These actions will significantly help reduce poverty and support the programme’s social protection objectives and related Sustainable Development Goals,” Naa Momo indicated
“To our partners, thank you for your ongoing support of the LEAP Programme and the Ministry as a whole. We are open to forming additional partnerships to address gaps in the coverage of the LEAP Programme.”
By Philipn Antoh