$100K cash grant: Over 49,000 persons registered in Region 6 – chairman

In Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) almost 50,000 persons have registered for the $100,000 cash grant which is being given to Guyanese over the age of 18 years.
As the registration for the cash grant for residents closed off on Sunday in the East Berbice-Corentyne region, 49,830 persons have been registered.
This is according to Region Six Chairman David Armogan.
Initially when the registration process commenced for persons other than pensioners, there was chaos at the few centres set up across the region.
However, 138 centres were established across the region in the 19 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) and the three municipa

lities along with the riverine communities of Baracara, Orealla and Siparuta.
“Some of the NDCs had more than one area and the municipalities had more than one area, that is how we ended up with 138 places to registered persons. We have registered up to Sunday 49,830 persons for the cash grant,” Armogan revealed.
There are persons who have not registered including persons who are working on sea and others who would have been away from the country for varying reasons.
According to the Regional Chairman, there has been no word as yet on what arrangements would be put in place to have them registered.
Nevertheless, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo had already assured that everyone will have a chance to get registered for the cash grant.
However, Armogan pointed out that authorities in the region are still to receive information on the way forward for those who are still to get registered.
“We have to wait on the Ministry of Finance to see if there will be another date that will be set to accommodate those persons who have not registered. What we had told the NDCs to ensure that at all these centres that if there are persons who are bedridden and incapable of coming to the centre, they must go and register them at their homes. So, that was done in a number of cases,” the Chairman added.
Meanwhile, persons who were registered as National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners and were unable to uplift their cheques will still have a chance to do so.
Armogan explained that even though the distribution of cheques for pensioners ceased after the first week of distribution, arrangements have been made for those pensioners to uplift their cheques.
“There was some talk of an extension for NIS but that did not happen. The Ministry of Finance said to us that those persons who did not collect their cheques at the NIS, they will collect it at a certain point in time which is to me announced.”
The chairman further explained that those arrangements will see the cheques being distributed at the 138 centres which have been established across the region. (G4)