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President Nana Akufo-Addo says the total number of student beneficiaries of the Ghana School Feeding Program has risen from 1,671,766 in 2016 to 2,980,000 in October 2020.
In a post on his official Twitter platform, the president said that the food subsidy per child per school day has also increased to GH ¢ 1 from 2018.
The number of pupils benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Program increased from 1,671,766 in 2016 to 2,980,000. The per child per school day feeding subsidy has been increased to GHS 1 since 2018. #YourWellnessMatters # 4MoreForNana pic.twitter.com/ORJcnZk3K8
– Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) October 17, 2020
The President also announces that 73% of Livelihoods Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) recipients have enrolled in the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIS) for free.
He said that 5,522 people under LEAP have been linked to other productive and support programs to “help them get out of extreme poverty.”
Social welfare intervention projects, as tweeted by President Akufo-Addo, also include the disbursement of 80% of loans from the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC) to female applicants.
73% of LEAP recipients have enrolled in NHIS for free. #YourWellnessMatters # 4MoreForNana pic.twitter.com/MPsRwzGZk1
– Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) October 17, 2020
The reason, according to him, is that women business owners are the backbone of the economy.
80% of MASLOC loans were made to female applicants because we recognize that women business owners are the backbone of our economy. #YourWellnessMatters # 4MoreForNana pic.twitter.com/moWZJUGcNG
– Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) October 17, 2020
The tweets, with the hashtag #YourWelfareMatters, also urged Ghanaians to give the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a second term in office.
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