The Ministry of Finance yesterday said that it has taken note of “specious and baseless claims” by some people in the public domain that dead people were registered for the 100,000 Government of Guyana cash grant that is currently being implemented.
The Ministry in a statement said that it would like to assure the public that the cash grant system was designed with several layers of controls to eliminate the possibility of a dead person being processed and provided with a cash grant.
“For example, eligible citizens desirous of applying for the grant must physically present themselves both at the time of registration and uplifting the cash grant. This measure is specifically intended to ensure that only people who are eligible, alive, and physically present for the registration are processed”, the ministry said.
