$100K cash grant: Over 12,000 more persons to receive money as Govt secures $3B in supplementary funds

More than 12,000 additional Guyanese are expected to benefit from the government’s ongoing $100,000 per person cash grant initiative, as the administration moved to the National Assembly for an additional $3 billion in supplementary funding under Financial Paper No. 1 of 2025. This brings the total allocation for the program to $64 billion to date.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, who led the detailed breakdown during the examination of the supplementary request on Friday in the National Assembly.

He disclosed that as of May 24, 2025, 617,398 Guyanese had been registered, with 602,927 cheques printed, and 578,182 already distributed; representing a 96 percent distribution rate.
The supplementary $3 billion request is based on the government’s forecast that approximately 12,100 more Guyanese are expected to register by mid-June 2025, bringing the projected total to 629,498 beneficiaries.
“We expect an additional 12,100 more registrants by mid-June 2025… and therefore, we are making provision in the forecast,” Prime Minister Phillips explained, noting that the forecast was informed by the rate of ongoing registrations across the regions rather than the 2022 census or the electoral roll.
While the Prime Minister declined to provide a regional breakdown for the expected new registrants due to the fluid nature of the ongoing process, he emphasized that registration remains open at all Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and Regional Democratic Council (RDC) offices, and that provisions are also in place to register shut-ins and the incapacitated.

Regional breakdown
As part of the government’s extensive $100,000 cash grant distribution effort, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips disclosed detailed registration and cheque-printing statistics for each of Guyana’s 10 administrative regions during the National Assembly’s examination of Financial Paper No. 1 of 2025.
Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), Guyana’s most populous administrative division, recorded the highest number of registrants, with 274,957 persons signing up for the grant. Of that number, 268,271 cheques have already been printed, putting the region ahead in terms of processing and distribution. Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) followed with 95,351 registered persons and 93,171 cheques printed, demonstrating similarly high progress in executing the program.
On the East Berbice-Corentyne corridor, Region Six saw 81,076 persons registered, with 78,829 cheques printed, while Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) had 38,998 registrations and 38,132 cheques printed. Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), covering the Pomeroon-Supenaam area, reported 33,193 registered beneficiaries, with 32,273 cheques already prepared.
In the hinterland and interior regions, progress has also been significant. Region One (Barima-Waini) had 20,811 persons registered, with 20,594 cheques printed. In Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), 16,280 residents registered and 15,967 cheques were printed. Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) saw 8,250 people come forward to register, with 8,187 cheques printed, while Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) reported 18,667 registrants and 18,499 cheques printed.
Further, Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) which includes Linden and surrounding areas, registered 29,850 persons, and printed 29,004 cheques, rounding out a nationwide effort that has so far reached 617,398 people with 602,927 cheques printed.
According to the Prime Minister, of the $3 billion being sought, $2.65 billion will go toward additional grant payments for new registrants, $202.6 million is earmarked for cheque printing and $342.9 million is to cover administrative costs, including logistics, transportation, security, and meals for staff.
This follows the original budgetary allocations of $30.5 billion twice, totaling $61 billion, which covered the initial 600,000 registrants.

Clarity on administrative costs
In response to persistent questions from Opposition Members of Parliament Ganesh Mahipaul and Volda Lawrence, the Prime Minister clarified that the $1 billion in administrative expenses associated with the earlier phases of the programme came from the Ministry of Finance and outside of the $60 billion initially approved. He also committed to laying over a regional breakdown of those administrative expenses upon request.
“All the monies are being accounted for… transparently,” the Prime Minister assured. “What is important is for every Guyanese to come and collect the money that is made available to them in this cash grant 2024-2025.”

Not a one-off payment
PM Phillips reiterated that this cash grant is not a one-off initiative, signalling that more cash transfers will be delivered in the future, as part of the government’s broader poverty alleviation and wealth redistribution efforts.
“We want every Guyanese to collect the money. It’s their money,” he affirmed.
The government continues to call on those who are eligible and have not yet registered to come forward before the end of June 2025, when the process is expected to conclude.