The Min­istry of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices has ad­vised that some re­cip­i­ents of se­nior cit­i­zens' pen­sions and oth­er so­cial as­sis­tance grants may re­ceive their pay­ments late due to ad­min­is­tra­tive de­lays.

In a pub­lic no­tice yes­ter­day about the dis­tri­b­u­tion of so­cial as­sis­tance grants which in­clude pen­sion, pub­lic as­sis­tance and dis­abil­i­ty grants, Min­is­ter Don­na Cox ac­knowl­edged there were ad­min­is­tra­tive chal­lenges which have since been rec­ti­fied. 

“We had some ad­min­is­tra­tive chal­lenges which we have rec­ti­fied and it's ac­tu­al­ly some may get their cheques a day late. They have start­ed re­ceiv­ing it al­ready from to­day and some will re­ceive just a day late,” stat­ed Min­is­ter Cox.

Ac­cord­ing to the min­istry, some re­cip­i­ents will re­ceive their grants for the month of June no lat­er than Tues­day, Ju­ly 2, via the Trinidad and To­ba­go Postal Ser­vices (TTPOST). 

The min­istry apol­o­gised for any in­con­ve­nience caused and as­sured that all nec­es­sary mea­sures are be­ing tak­en to pre­vent such de­lays in the fu­ture.