Sunyani: The Bono Regional Office of the Information Service Department (ISD) has initiated a comprehensive data collection and reassessment campaign focusing on the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR). This campaign targets over 4,000 communities and aims to gather reliable data on the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme across nine out of the twelve politically administrative districts and municipalities in the region.
According to Ghana News Agency, the campaign's primary objective is to enhance public awareness about the GNHR and reassess the LEAP programme by identifying and enrolling deserving households into social protection initiatives. Mr. Imoro Ayibani, the Bono Regional Director of ISD, emphasized the campaign's role in ensuring equitable and targeted delivery of support services. He highlighted that the campaign specifically targets rural, semi-urban, and urban households identified for GNHR expansion, with local communities in Wenchi, Dormaa Central, Sunyani West, Sunyani East Municipalities, as well as Banda, Tain, Dormaa West, and Dormaa East Districts expected to benefit.
The GNHR acts as a technical unit of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, tasked with gathering socio-economic data to improve the targeting and delivery of social protection programmes. Mr. Ayibani underscored the importance of the GNHR in shaping Ghana's social protection strategies by maintaining an integrated database accessible to relevant ministries and agencies. He explained that the exercise is designed to eliminate data duplication and enhance efficiency.
The reassessment of the LEAP programme aims to review existing beneficiaries and expand coverage to include households experiencing extreme poverty in previously unregistered areas. Mr. Ayibani urged eligible households to participate by providing accurate information to be considered for government social intervention programmes.
