Chairman of Commission VIII DPR RI Calls MoSA's Assistance Must be Accurate and Right on Target

YOGYAKARTA (April 18, 2022) - The Ministry of Social Affairs together with the Chairman of Commission VIII DPR RI, Yandri Susanto and his entourage symbolically handed over ATENSI, PKH and BPNT aid worth a total of IDR 401,508,194,710 in the Kepatihan Building of the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

This assistance is given to beneficiaries of the Yogyakarta Province in the framework of a working visit for the Recess of Session IV Session Year 2021-2022.

Yandri Susanto said that the Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) of cooking oil must be given to those entitled to receive it and the data must be accurate, on target and free of fraud.

"Before Eid, all three-month assistance months must be distributed," said Yandri.

Secretary of the Directorate General of Poverty Handling, Beny Sudjanto said that this cooking oil BLT was President Joko Widodo's mandate to be distributed for 3 months, namely April, May and June, all of which were given in May, through PT. Pos Indonesia, so that everything can be distributed before Eid.

The assistance amounted to IDR 100.000 per month so that each Beneficiary Family (KPM) receives IDR 300,000.

In addition to BLT cooking oil assistance, ATENSI program was also given during the Recess Work Visit of the Chairperson of Commission VIII DPR RI in Yogyakarta in the form of basic needs assistance, entrepreneurship assistance, accessibility assistance (wheelchairs for elderly people with disabilities, people with mental disabilities, adaptive sticks) and ATENSI Savings for children orphans, fatherless, and motherless.

These various ATENSI service are managed by several Technical Implementation Units (UPT) belonging to MoSA, namely Kartini Temanggung Integrated Center, Prof. DR. Soeharso Surakarta Integrated Center, Antasena Magelang Center, Margo Laras Pati Center, and Baturraden Center.

Gamas Adi Prasetyo (21 years old) grade 1 SMK SLB is a disabled achiever, who received the assistance of an electric wheelchair, and was very happy because this electric wheelchair can be used for daily activities.

"Thank God, previously I used a regular wheelchair for daily activities and now it's easier," said Gamas.

In addition, Alisa Munawaroh (18 years old) is very happy to receive ATENSI service in the form of savings to help with school fees, she dreams of becoming a civil servant like her late father who worked as a civil servant.