–as Finance Minister continues to urge citizens to access self-registration portal

–says $8.5 billion disbursed directly to eligible Guyanese citizens since portal launch

AN additional 23,816 persons will see their cash grants credited to their bank accounts within the next 24 hours, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has announced.

Delivering an update on the National Cash Grant Initiative, Dr Singh said this new batch of payments brings the total number of successfully processed cash grants to 85,842, representing more than $8.5 billion disbursed directly to eligible Guyanese citizens.

He explained that the first phase of the disbursement saw 48,858 central government employees including public servants, teachers and members of the disciplined services – receiving their grants via direct bank transfer.

Subsequently, the government opened an online portal to allow other eligible citizens to self register by submitting their personal details, proof of identity, and bank account information.

“You would further be aware that we established a portal through which eligible Guyanese citizens might be able to self-register, to register themselves by entering their personal information, their proof of identity, they do a simple liveness check and enter their bank account information,” he said.

As of March 30, 26,639 persons had completed self-registration, with 13,168 of them already processed for payment. Since then, registrations have climbed sharply, with 63,113 persons now fully registered and a further 25,879 at various stages of the process.

Dr Singh urged all eligible Guyanese to continue using the portal, even if they had encountered difficulties on earlier attempts, and encouraged those who have not yet registered to do so at cashgrant.gov.gy so they can receive their cash grants without leaving the comfort of their homes.