Eighteen point two (18.2) per cent of Ghanaians are living in abject poverty and squalor on less than $1.25 a day, Mr. Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere, Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, revealed on Tuesday. He abhorred the fact that despite many interventions put in place by successive governments, some Ghanaians were extremely poor whilst the rich in society continue to get richer. At a day�s Regional Consultative Meeting on the Draft Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) Policy at Elmina on Tuesday, Mr Sekyere wondered why development programmes meant to improve the living standards of Ghanaians have not covered the entire population.