The New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker said this amount will help repatriate them back to Ghana.
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Kennedy Agyapong offers $150,000 to help repatriate stranded Ghanaian girls in Lebanon
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has pledged an amount of $150,000 to help stranded Ghanaians working as domestic workers in Lebanon.
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Mr Kennedy Agyapong responded to their appeal for support after one Matison took a video displaying the plight of the young women in Lebanon and posted it on social media.
Matison explained in the video that, the Lebanese community in Ghana and the owner of Paloma, have contributed and bought some "students" mattresses for them to sleep on in a place offered them by the philanthropists.
Speaking on Net2 TV's The Seat programme on Monday night [July 20, 2020], Mr Agyapong said he was responding to their plight with the $100,000.
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"My $100,000 is ready to help them come back home," he said on the programme.
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Later on the programme, Mr Agyapong topped up the $100,000 initial pledge with an additional $50,000 to make it a total of $150,000.
The young women traveled to Lebanon in the Middle East to seek greener pastures but their plight have been worsened as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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