2025 Old Age Pension Book distribution to commence in Reg 1,7,8,9,10 on Dec 5

The Human Services and Social Security Ministry on Sunday announced that starting on Thursday, December 5, 2024, the distribution of the 2025 Old Age Pension Books will commence in Regions One, Seven, Eight, Nine and 10.
According to the Ministry, since Regions Two, Three, Four, Five and Six have more pensioners, the distribution will commence in those locations at a later date. “Old Age Pension Books are still being printed …once we have all the books on hand, we can serve those regions fully,” an update on the Ministry’s Facebook page stated.
“We are urging that you go only to the venue that matches your address. Books will not be delivered outside of those clusters or across regions, the exercise is very specific and is done in a manner to reduce travel outside of communities to uplift books,” the Ministry stated.
It also added that schedules will be published each week to keep pensioners informed of where to go to uplift their books. “All distribution exercises start at 8:30h and will proceed in an orderly manner to ensure that pensioners are served efficiently and quickly.
As such, the Ministry urges pensioners not to go to sites in the wee hours while adding that they will be served whenever they arrive at their respective locations.
“We do not want your wait time to be long but it is impossible to serve each person at the same time. We are appealing to you that you go to the sites throughout the day.”
Sites will remain open at every location to facilitate the number of persons to be processed.
“We are also asking persons NOT to bring shut-in cases to the sites as the delivery to those pensioners will be done at their homes. Instead, register the shut-in pensioner for the service by calling our offices or on-site. We do not want those shut-in cases to be waiting at the venues.”
The Ministry stated that it will be working diligently to make the process as seamless as possible for all 73,000 pensioners.