Social Service Of Bengkulu Province: 126,000 Families Receive BLT Cooking Oil

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu Province Social Service said 126,000 families would receive Cooking Oil Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) of IDR 300,000 per three months.

The Head of the Bengkulu Province Social Service, Iskandar Zoo, said that the allocation of cooking oil assistance was Rp. 100,000 per month but distributed every three months.

According to him, the recipients of the cooking oil assistance are families who have been registered in the recipients of social assistance such as the Family Hope Program and Non-Cash Food Assistance as well as street vendors selling fried foods.

"The cooking oil aid will be distributed to verified families," said Iskandar in Bengkulu, Antara, Monday, April 11.

In addition, families who wish to disburse the assistance must have received the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccination.

Iskandar continued, this assistance is expected to help the economy of the people of Bengkulu Province in the midst of high cooking oil prices.

"In addition, this assistance can also accelerate the achievement of vaccination in Bengkulu Province," he said.