{"id":25297,"date":"2025-01-07T15:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25297"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:01:19","slug":"not-all-guyanese-will-receive-100k-cash-grant-by-christmas-says-vp-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/not-all-guyanese-will-receive-100k-cash-grant-by-christmas-says-vp-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All Guyanese Will Receive $100K Cash Grant by Christmas, Says VP Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>November 28, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts are underway to begin the distribution of the $100,000 cash grant, which is set to benefit every Guyanese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Vice President and PPP General Secretary Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has clarified that not all recipients will receive their grants by Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $30.5 billion allocation for the initiative was recently approved by the National Assembly, with public servants and pensioners expected to be among the first beneficiaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo addressed the matter during a press conference, explaining that while the government is making efforts to expedite the process, it could take up to five months to complete the distribution for all eligible citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial disbursement will cover approximately 300,000 Guyanese, specifically targeting the categories identified, and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Dr. Jagdeo noted that the full distribution could not proceed until the remainder of the funds were appropriated in the national budget, which is anticipated to pass by February next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While acknowledging the complexity of the task, Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that once the necessary database is in place, future distributions would be streamlined, making the process more efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cash grant initiative, which was announced by President Irfaan Ali in October, is aimed at providing financial assistance to all citizens aged 18 and above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 28, 2024 Efforts are underway to begin the distribution of the $100,000 cash grant, which is set to benefit every Guyanese. However, Vice President and PPP General Secretary Dr.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25298,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25297\/revisions\/25298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}