1.200 Street Vendors In Jayawijaya Get Government Assistance Of IDR 600 Per Stall

Street vendors in Jayawijaya. (ANTARA/Marius Frisson Yewun)

JAYAWIJAYA - A total of 1.200 street vendors (PKL) and shop owners spread across Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province, received financial assistance from the central government.

The assistance is IDR 600 thousand per beneficiary. The distribution was carried out at the Kodim 1702/Jayawijaya Headquarters.

Dandim 1702 Jayawijaya Lt. Col. Inf. Arif Budi Situmeang said the target of assistance was not only for street vendors and shop owners, but also for fishermen. But in Jayawijaya there are no fishermen.

"In Jayawijaya, we distribute it to street vendors and shop owners. The amount is IDR 600 per beneficiary. The government allocates our Kodim for 1.200 beneficiaries," he said in Wamena, Tuesday, April 12, as reported by Antara.

Dandim said that until now his party has distributed the assistance to more than 400 beneficiaries and the distribution will be carried out for the next 10 days.

"Maybe in 10 days, we will have everything done. We give time to the community because at this time, people must bring complete citizenship identities such as family cards, ID cards, so maybe some of them will take them to the village, so we are waiting," he said.

He ensured that the government channeled the aid to stimulate citizens to be even more active in economic development.

"Because now we are having trouble with some basic goods and hopefully this will be useful for them. Indeed, we have been allocated 30 days, especially in mountainous areas for distribution, but we hope it will be faster," he said.