MUNICIPAL LEAP IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING

The Department of Social Development of the Kwadaso Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the Municipal LEAP Implementation Committee (MLIC) has on Wednesday 15th January,2025 held a meeting to constitute a 12-member Committee to oversee the LEAP reassessment programme at the Assembly’s Conference Hall.

The meeting among other things was to sensitize the MLIC team on their roles and responsibilities and to equip them with the requisite knowledge in order to be well informed about the LEAP reassessment programme.

The Municipal Social Welfare Director, Mrs. Joyce Owusu and a Senior Social Welfare Development Officer, Madam Linda Opoku Addai, took participants through topics such as Stakeholders’ Roles and Responsibilities, Public Information Campaign, Monitoring and Evaluation and Case Management.

The LEAP reassessment meeting provided an opportunity for the MLIC team to reassess the LEAP programs’ impact, identify areas for improvement, challenges and strategize for future Implementation.

Several other critical issues were addressed at the meeting, including cash grant to eligible people, identification of household that are more eligible for LEAP, updating the beneficiary list to remove ‘ghost’ names and provision of resources for monitoring and evaluation .

Participants included the Municipal Co-ordinating Director, who is also the chairman for the committee, Mr. Francis Adu Boateng, Social Welfare Director and her Assistant, Municipal Planning Officer, Municipal Statistician and the Municipal Information Officer.

Other included; the Convenor for Social Services Sub-committee, NHIS Manager, Health Director, Education Director, Agric Director and a Representative from the Civil Society Organizations.

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