Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo Thursday said that about 100,000 citizens already received their $100,000 cash grant from the government.
He also said that about 366,000 individuals have already been registered for the grant.
The Vice President provided an update on the distribution process during his weekly press conference. In doing so, he said about 245,000 cheques have been cut so far and anticipates by the end of the year, about 300,000 cheques will be cut.
These cheques are for citizens in the hinterland regions and Region Four.
Next year, the distribution process will unfold in the remaining regions with funds from the 2025 National Budget.
“So we will have between the beginning of the year to about February when hopefully the budget will be passed to deliver these cheques to people… and then in that very same period, we will be able to register people in the other five regions,” Jagdeo explained on Thursday.
He added, “We will put the additional sums in the budget so that we will be able to cut cheques immediately after the budget is passed for the remaining number of people.”
