OJK Brings Good News To Financial Service Actors, They Disburse IDR 11.7 Billion Funds To Accelerate Vaccination

JAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) supports the acceleration of the vaccination program launched by the government by targeting the financial industry sector. In a working meeting with Commission XI of the DPR RI in the middle of this week, it was revealed that the authorities had provided a budget of Rp. 11.75 billion.

Deputy Chairman of the OJK Board of Commissioners, Nurhaida, revealed that the funds were included in the budget refocusing scheme for the second to fourth quarter of 2021.

"This is part of OJK's additional activities, namely the acceleration of vaccinations in the financial services industry amounting to Rp11.75 billion," he said at the Parliament Complex, Wednesday, September 15.

According to Nurhaida, the refocusing fund for vaccination is one of the eight points of the refocusing budget being proposed by OJK to the DPR.

"So the total refocusing budget until the end of the year is IDR 177.21 billion," he said.

To note, earlier this year the institution led by Wimboh Santoso had also proposed a budget focus of Rp. 42.2 billion. This amount also includes budget allocations for more than 2020. The DPR then gave its approval in April 2021.

In carrying out the vaccination process, OJK cooperates with Bank Indonesia (BI) to capture more target people who can participate in this program.

It was stated that the activity was centered in the Tennis Indoor Senayan area, Jakarta. Currently, the injection of the vaccine has entered the second stage, which is a continuation of the first dose vaccination activity which was carried out on June 16 and 17, 2021. Meanwhile, the second dose of vaccination was given to 7,500 recipient participants.

Just so you know, for the whole of 2021, the state has provided a budget of Rp. 6.21 trillion for the entire agenda of OJK activities and operations.