JAKARTA - PT Bio Farma is one of the SOEs invited by President Joko Widodo at the State Palace during the handover of Zakat to the National Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) 2023.
On this occasion, President Joko Widodo reminded the importance of the obligation to give zakat to every Muslim.
"I appeal to all Muslims, state officials, BUMN, to fulfill their zakat obligations through BAZNAS. So, zakat funds can be managed professionally," said President Joko Widodo in a statement to the media, Wednesday, April 5.
President Director of Bio Farma Honesti Basyir said Bio Farma has routinely managed Zakat Infak Shodaqoh (ZIS) of its employees.
As a form of commitment and following up on a circular from the Minister of SOEs regarding Optimizing the Distribution of SOE Personnel Zakat, Bio Farma issued a board of directors regulation regarding Employee Zakat Management.
The income zone of employees collected in 2022 is around Rp. 1.2 billion. According to the provisions, as much as 30 percent was submitted to Baznas and 70 percent were independently distributed by UPZ Bio Farma," said Honesti.
Honesti detailed that one of the more values that Bio Farma has in collecting zakat is that there is a Board of Directors Regulation that regulates the management of zakat on employee income.
Bio Farma formed the Zakat Collection Unit (UPZ) Bio Farma Group which is a special team tasked with managing income zakat from Bio Farma, Kimia Farma and Indofarma employees.
"That way, zakat distribution is more optimal in supporting the development of the sharia economy community. The income zakat from employees is submitted to the UPZ Bio Farma Group for further distribution through Baznas," said Honesti.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Baznas Noor Achmad MA reported that the collection of Zakat Infak Sedekah (ZIS) funds for the Other Religious Social Funds (DSKL) nationally in 2022 reached IDR 22.4 trillion, an increase of 58.03 percent.
This increase also occurred in the collection of zakat collected by Baznas.
According to him, the zakat distributed by BAZNAS is also in line with the government's program to reduce poverty.
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