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The Ghanaian government has so far disbursed about nine billion cedis (about US $1.3 million) to more than 3,000 beneficiaries under the Emergency Social Relief Programme (ESRP) aimed at improving people's living conditions, Ghana's JoyFM radio reported on Tuesday.
It reported Economic Planning and Regional Cooperation Minister, Paa Kwasi Nduom, as saying that the government would spend more money on the programme after the target of 700 billion cedis expected to be disbursed in the next three years has been achieved.
Nduom who was speaking at the inauguration of the Central Regional ESRP Committee at Cape Coast, southern Ghana, said that monies derived from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative would be channeled into poverty reduction.
He emphasised that the government would ensure that other poverty reduction interventions are put in place to ensure better living conditions for the population, the radio said.
Central Regional Minister Isaac Edumadze gave the assurance that the committee would not interfere with the disbursement of funds but would see to it that implementing agencies make disbursement on merit, along the guidelines and prescribed disbursement procedures.
He said that the committee would also assist in the education of the beneficiaries to ensure prompt repayment.
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