The government has released GH¢265,220, 000 to be disbursed to 350,000 benefi­ciary households of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Pro­gramme for the 94th and 95th joint cycles.

The disbandment would be made this week through Ghana Interbank Payment and Settle­ments Systems (GHIPSS) to the Beneficiaries' E-Zwich accounts to the 260 Metropolitan, Mu­nicipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs).

LEAP is a cash transfer programme, introduced by the Government in 2008, for extreme­ly poor and vulnerable households in order to reduce poverty and promote access to services and opportunities.

The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, disclosed this at a press conference in Accra on Friday, to update the media on the LEAP grant payments.