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Ghana’s poverty level 39%
 16 April 2002 - The poverty level in the country is 39 per cent, according to the 1999 Ghana Living Standards Survey. The next survey will be conducted next year. Dr Kwaku Twum-Baah, acting Government Statistician, who said this in Accra at the weekend, explained that the surveys were conducted to measure the level of poverty in the country.
He was speaking on the topic ‘Poverty Alleviation or Wealth Creation- The Christian factor’ at St Peter’s Methodist Church, at Odorkor in Accra. Dr Twum-Baah announced that questionnaires on Care and Welfare indicators would be completed this year.
He said the government was committed to reducing poverty in the country and had therefore initiated poverty reduction programmes in its Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS).
Dr Twum-Baah appealed to Christians to support the programme stressing that “it is the duty of Christians to ensure that the poor are taken care of.” He said that Ghana’s development partners at the 11th consultative Group Meeting expressed support for the GPRS document and had consequently pledged one billion dollars towards it.
Dr Twum-Baah urged the government to target the Northern, Central, Upper East and Upper West Regions, identified as poor in the 1999 GLSS report. He urged Ghanaians to change attitudes that turned to retard economic growth. Mr Twum-Baah appealed to Ghanaians to desist from acts such as working lotto during working hours and non-payment of taxes.
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