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The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has announced that some 75,000 people from the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions will receive financial support.
According to her, the initiative is to minimize the impact of Covid-19 on the lives of these vulnerable people.
He said that since the declaration of Covid-19 as a pandemic, government measures in March to April were critical for the immediate containment and mitigation of the impact of the virus, however, the economic effects continue to negatively affect a significant number of people, especially vulnerable poor.
The Minister for Gender stated that: “The World Food Program will provide funds to be transferred to benefit 75,000 vulnerable people in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions, which have been considered to be the most affected by COVID-19 infections, for a period of up to four months “.
She was delighted that the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR), under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, emergency data collection has generated data that is useful for the World Food Program (WFP) to reach those affected by Covid on a daily basis. employees.
He made the announcement Thursday, during the launch of “Cash Transfer to Covid-Affected Daily Earners” that were profiled during GNHR’s emergency data collection.
While applauding the WFP team for signing an agreement with her ministry to reach some 75,000 people, the Gender Minister called on well-meaning groups and individuals to help her “touch” more lives.
Ms Morrison said that the beneficiaries, consisting of 60% women and 40% men, would receive their funds via MTN mobile money transfers using the LEAP module.
In addition, he recommended that recipients take the opportunity to improve their lives and those of their families.
In addition, he noted that President Akufo-Addo, based on his conviction that all life deserves a certain dignity, is working hard to create an equal society where the poor and vulnerable can live a dignified life.
“The GNHR would outline priority areas in the coming months such as the disabled, street children, alleged witches and kayayei in some conflictive areas of the country so that the government extends its support to these categorized vulnerable groups,” said the minister.
The National Coordinator of the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR), Dr. Prosper Laari, noted that risk assessment was an integral part of the shutdown process when Covid-19 was at its peak.
“Therefore, the Government considered the health and socioeconomic implications of the closure, which involves millions of Ghanaians living in poverty, whose condition would worsen and would be exposed to food insecurity, difficulty in accessing basic health services and other dangers.
“Consequently, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) immediately put in place an emergency social protection system to safeguard the poor and vulnerable during this period.”
He said that the data collected in the closure areas showed that more than 60% were vulnerable people sleeping in kiosks, containers, markets, incomplete structures, on the streets, bus or truck stations, bars or places to drink, on the beaches. and they are exposed. to different forms of hazards.
“The analysis on the sources of livelihood of the total of 46 thousand and sixty (46, 060) vulnerable people showed that 35% had no sources of livelihood. These were due to reasons like; old age (1,080), temporary dismissal (856), disability (103) or illness (450) ”.
