Until April 2023, Nine Regions In Bengkulu Receive Capai Village Funds Of IDR 181.7 Billion

The CITY of BENGKULU - Ministry of Finance through the Directorate General of Treasury (DJPb) of Bengkulu Province said that the distribution of village funds (DD) for the first phase in nine regions in Bengkulu until April 2023 reached Rp. 181.7 billion from the total ceiling of Rp. 1.04 trillion.

"Until now, the distribution of the first phase of village funds in Bengkulu Province is 17.4 percent of the ceiling prepared by the central government," said Head of the Bengkulu Provincial DJPb Regional Office, Bayu Andy Prasetya in Bengkulu City, Saturday.

Of the nine districts that received the village fund budget, only eight have distributed it, namely North Bengkulu Regency with 141 village recipients amounting to Rp33.9 billion or 19.6 percent of the ceiling of Rp172.8 billion, southern Bengkulu Regency, namely Rp30.7 billion or 29.2 percent with 135 village recipients from the ceiling of Rp105.2 billion.

Rejang Lebong Regency with 13 recipient villages amounting to Rp3.2 billion or 3.1 percent of the total ceiling of Rp103 billion, Seluma Regency with 95 recipient villages, namely Rp23.1 billion or 15.8 percent of the ceiling of Rp147.2 billion, Kaur Regency around Rp33.6 billion or 24.2 percent with 154 village recipients from a total ceiling of Rp138.9 billion.

Then, explained Bayu, Mukomuko Regency with 143 village recipients, namely Rp34.7 billion or 29.6 percent of the Rp117.5 billion ceiling, Kepahiang Regency, namely Rp8.5 billion or 10.5 percent with 35 village recipients of village funds out of a total ceiling of Rp82 billion.

As well as Central Bengkulu Regency with 60 village recipients, namely Rp. 13.6 billion out of a total ceiling of Rp. 104.6 billion, while for areas that have not channeled the village fund budget, Lebong Regency with a budget ceiling of Rp. 72.1 billion.

"For the distribution of the first phase of the village fund budget until now, only Lebong Regency has not used the budget at all," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, April 8.

Bayu hopes that villages in the nine districts will immediately take advantage of the village fund budget provided by the central government in order to help support development in the regions.

If the village government has difficulty or is constrained in the process of procuring and submitting village funds so that they can immediately coordinate with the State Treasury Service Office (KPPN) or the DJPb Regional Office.