Receive Assistance from Riau Provincial Government, Siak Regency Government will Distribute Cash Assistance (BLT) to 16,800 Families

News24xx.com - SIAK --- Acting Regional Secretary of Siak Regency Jamaluddin witnessed the handover of financial assistance from the Riau Province government in the context of handling the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). Assistance is given to district and city governments in Riau Province through Virtual.

The Video Conference was also witnessed by the Assistant Government and People's Welfare of the Regional Secretariat of Siak Regency L Budhi Yuwono, Assistant for the Economy and Development of Hendrisan, Head of Information and Communication Agency Arfan Usman, Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Doddy F Sanjaya, Danramil Kota Mayor Suratno.

Acting regional secretary of Siak Regency Jamaluddin after the event said that today the Riau provincial government is distributing financial assistance to six Kota districts in Riau, including Siak. The distribution of this assistance in the context of overcoming Covid19 in Riau Province.

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"Alhamdulillah, today we received financial and logistical assistance from the Riau Provincial Government. Directly handed over by the Governor of Riau Syamsuar, received by representatives of the Siak Regency Government, represented by Minas Hendra Sub-District Head," Jamaluddin said in the Second Floor Comen Center Office of Siak Regent Office .

Jamal explained, the assistance distributed by the Riau provincial government consisted of special financial assistance for villages, villages, sub-districts and social security networks and logistics in the form of (medical devices, rapid tests, masks, extra pudding and vitamins). The Governor of Syamsuar, who had just released his assistance car, was in the Riau Governor's Office yard to each of the recipient areas.

"In general, there were1591 villages in Riau province that would receive assistance, the amount of assistance per village of IDR100 million, including villages and subdistricts each receiving IDR100 million. For social assistance the top-up social security network would be distributed to 212,893 households in the province. Riau, while for Siak regency, according to what the provincial government proposes, there are 16800 thousand families receiving assistance. According to the instructions, each head of family receives IDR 300 thousand for three months, starting from May-July, "he said.

He continued, from the orders conveyed by the Riau governor Syamsuar, the aid that had been handed over was immediately distributed. Since this is a government fund, its distribution must follow existing regulations, it has also asked the Technical Guidelines and Pergub as a guide and basis for channeling aid.

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 "The Governor asked us for the assistance received to each city district, as soon as it was distributed, considering that Lebaran only has to count days so that the assistance can be utilized by the residents. Today also the Regent leads a meeting with the relevant DPOs to discuss the BLT distribution technique. this, as soon as possible is left to the people who are entitled to receive it, "he explained.

Jamaluddin also admitted, the difficulty with the distribution time, which was dated by the governor of Riau because the time was only Wednesday, was ended, all Government offices were closed tomorrow.

"We only have difficulty in just one day, tomorrow is already off. However, we will cooperate with the POS office related to technical direct cash distribution. We hope that the POS office can serve all citizens," he said.

From the report submitted by the Governor of Riau through the Video Conference, the six regencies / cities that implement the PSBB (Large-Scale Social Restrictions) will be conducted on a mass Rapid Test. Rapid tests will be carried out in both modern and traditional markets and in public places.

"According to the governor's direction, for the regencies that implement the PSBB, a mass rapit test will be conducted, the aim will be to break the Corona chain of epidemics, and affirm the Governor of Riau's community not to go home, meaning Eid in their respective places, if they keep going home too , we set it as ODP and we asked for independent isolation for 14 days, "he concluded. (Sri Ayuni)