Money will pass in and out of the bank account like breeze

Mar 16, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh the government about to start paying out that $100,000 cash grant, at least to public servants first. And the big announcement is that the money going straight into people bank accounts. Straight. Modern. Digital. Efficient. The kind of thing that does make you feel like Guyana suddenly turn into Singapore overnight.

But dem boys seh the banks better not get too excited. Because that money ain’t going to stay there long enough to even warm up the till.

Dem boys seh the banks only getting used like a payment station—a kind of financial bus stop. The money will arrive Monday, stretch it leg Tuesday morning, and by Tuesday afternoon it catching a minibus straight out the account.

Withdrawn. Gone. Vanished.

Now some people saying this system is about “financial inclusion.” Dem boys nearly choke on dem tea when dem hear that one. Because the reality is simple: people ain’t putting that money in the bank to save. They putting it there because the government say so. And once it land, it gone.

Dem boys seh the real problem is that the government seem to believe inflation numbers like how children believe Santa Claus. Official statistics does say inflation low. But anybody who walk through Bourda Market or step inside a supermarket know something different going on. Prices behaving like they training for the Olympics.

And now that the cash grant about to land, dem boys seh wait and see what happen. By the end of the week, the price of chicken, rice, vegetables, cooking oil—everything—going mysteriously climb. Not jump suddenly, mind you. That would look suspicious. No, the increases will happen quietly, politely, like a pickpocket saying “excuse me” while taking your wallet.

Dem boys seh some businesses already sharpening dem pencils. Because they know what coming: thousands of people suddenly walking around with an extra $100,000. And in Guyana, whenever people get money, prices get ideas.

So what will really happen is simple mathematics. People will collect the grant, rush to the bank machine, withdraw the money, and use it to fill the holes in their monthly budget. Light bill. Food bill. School expenses. Transportation.

By the time the dust settle, the grant gone and the prices still high. Dem boys seh the banks might record the shortest savings history in the world.

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