National Identity Number Based on Social Assistance Data, Pahala Nainggolan Appreciates MoSA

JAKARTA, WEDNESDAY (June 14^th, 2023) – Deputy of Prevention and Monitoring of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and also National Strategy of Corruption Prevention Implementation Coordinator (Stranas PK), Pahala Nainggolan, appreciated the Ministry of Social Affairs. He thought that from 76 Ministries/Institutions, Ministry of Social Affairs has a good action plan achievement for corruption prevention by utilizing National Identity Number (NIK).

Pahala Nainggolan expresed his appreciation to Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, in a meeting held recently. “Ministry of Social Affairs has utilized the population data in distributing social assistance to be effective and right on target. We think that Ministry of Social Affairs’ achievement is good,” Pahala said.

He said that the working model of Stranas PK is the establishment of the action plan. This should be done by Ministries listed in the action plan. According to Pahala, from the 76 Ministries/Institution, Ministry of Social Affairs has a good action plan achievement for corruption prevention by utilizing NIK.

The anti corruption institution thought that Ministry of Social Affairs takes a real step by utilizing population data for sectoral policy of 2021-2022’s effectiveness and efficiency. “This is an award for the ministry that contributes actively and responsively towards the action plan. The action plan made by Ministry of Social Affairs is by utilizing or making use of National Identity Number,” Pahala said to the press.

Score given by KPK to Ministry of Social Affairs for social assistance distribution is 98, and 100 for Contributions Beneficiary - National Health Insurance (PBI-JKN)

Freezing The Data

A good adherence from the Ministry of Social Affairs towards Stranas PK gives good result. 10.249 family beneficiaries of basic food/Non-Cash Food Assistance Program assistance are detected through Common Law Administration (AHU) Directorate General of Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Kemenkumham). The data are known to be beneficiaries, and some of them are directors or certain officials in some companies.

“If we check the database, they are poor. They work as cleaning service workers. They are registered as administrators or officials in the company (in AHU system). However, in reality, they are poor,” Minister Risma said.

For this Supreme Audit Agency’s finding, Ministry of Social Affairs has frozen the data and deleted them from Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS). Data suspension is a follow up of the Supreme Audit Agency’s finding after synchronizing family beneficiaries’ data in basic food/Non-Cash Food Assistance Program assistance data by name, by address (BNBA) with the data in the system of Common Law Administration (AHU) Directorate General of Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.

“We decided to give shock therapy. We will stop distributing the assistance. If they want to complain and say that they are poor, they are welcome to come to us. We will evaluate them,” Minister of Social Affairs said.

The Minister of Social Affairs has met the Minister of Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Yasonna H. Laoly, to discuss this matter so that they will be able to have the data rechecked.

“I hope that all parties giving Family Beneficiaries data will check them in detail and thoroughly before submitting the data to the Common Law Administration (AHU) system,” Minister Risma said.

In addition, Minister of Social Affairs invited law enforcement officers and universities to discuss the matter. “So that everyone can take responsibility for what they do,” she said.

Regional government plays a role in Integrated Social Welfare Data improvement so that social assistance distribution will be right on target. Laws No. 13 of 2011 on Poverty Reduction Management sets the role of regional government in updating poverty data.

According to Laws No. 13 of 2011, the process begins with village council or neighborhood ward council, then moves gradually to the higher level,” the Minister said. Regional governments and the officials until village/neighborhood ward level have full authority in determining who deserves to get social assistance and who doesn’t.