Old Age Pension books for 2025

Dear Editor,
There are quite a few old age pensioners who have each not yet received their 2025 pension book. Those that I know of were with the same group at the G3 tarmac in Diamond, East Bank Demerara on December 12th and 13th, when I received my book. They were told that their books were not yet available, and a contact number was taken from these pensioners.
Today is January 7th, and those pensioners have allegedly received no word from anywhere in regard to when they would be granted their books.
Could the Human Services Ministry, responsible for this debacle, please clarify the present status of these delayed books for the waiting pensioners? Please let them know when and where they would uplift their books.

Yours truly,
Pensioner
(Name and address
withheld)