Makassar Mayor Danny Pomanto Asks Subdistrict Heads To Verify Data On Social Assistance Recipients

MAKASSAR - Mayor of Makassar, South Sulawesi Moh Ramdhan Pomanto (Danny Pomanto) asked all sub-district and village heads to re-verify data on recipients of social assistance for residents affected by COVID-19, especially Level 4 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM).

"All sub-districts and village heads, make sure all residents who receive Level 4 PPKM social assistance are appropriate and on target. Subdistrict and village heads must re-verify their data", said Danny Pomanto in Makassar, quoted by Antara, Sunday, August 1.

Danny Pomanto said that in accordance with the direction of the Minister of Home Affairs in the level 4 PPKM meeting, in order to register and register citizens as recipients of social assistance, it must be clarified by involving three pillars.

The three pillars referred to in the re-data collection of social assistance recipients include local community leaders, Family Welfare Empowerment (PKK) elements, and Community Security and Order Supervisor (Bhabinkamtibmas).

"Please clarify all data on the recipients of the social assistance because the direction from the Minister of Home Affairs must be involved, starting from the PKK, community leaders and Bhabinkamtibmas not to be excluded, all must be involved", he continued.

From the sub-district report data received by Danny, almost all of the 15 sub-districts in Makassar City have clarified the data on social assistance recipients and have submitted it to the Communications and Information Service and the Makassar Social Service using the SMAP GPS system handled by the Communications and Information Technology and XL data for the social service.

"We have to be serious about validating residents' data, besides the neighborhood units, the three pillars of the sub-district will also validate it after returning to the sub-district, it will also be validated by the sub-district head", he explained.

In this meeting, Danny Pomanto also stated the results of his meeting with Minister Airlangga that the most basic thing at this time was that the city government still lacked Command Posts for handling COVID-19.

"Next Thursday, I will inaugurate the command post which is centered in Karebosi and it operates for 24 hours, and then through the COVID-19 master and the village prepare the post at the neighborhood unit level. Please coordinate immediately with the Regional Secretary and Public Works because the Recover Center is not only handling COVID-19 but also related to social assistance and vaccinations", he explained.