JAKARTA - The Regent of Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu, Syamsul Effendi asked recipients of the Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) for cooking oil to use it as needed.
"This money is used to buy nine basic necessities. Don't buy a car spare tire, meaning buy it according to your needs or desires, especially cooking oil, buy rice, eggs and the like," said Regent Syamsul Effendi after symbolically handing over BLT cooking oil at the office. Curup Post, Tuesday 12 April.
He explained that the use of the aid money in accordance with this designation would later make it easier for each recipient to meet their needs and provide lessons so that they could live frugally.
The distribution of aid, either in the form of BLT cooking oil and BLT for basic necessities or BPNT, which was carried out through the Post Office, he said, was considered more effective and could be picked up quickly by the recipients and there would be no deductions.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Curup Post Office, Andi Permana, explained that the recipients of BLT cooking oil and BLT for basic necessities in Rejang Lebong Regency this time reached 18,545 KPM or beneficiary families. These recipients come from the Non-Cash Food Assistance program (BPNT) and the Family Hope program (PKH) which are spread over 15 sub-districts in Rejang Lebong.
According to him, each recipient received assistance of Rp. 500,000 consisting of Rp. 300,000 BLT for cooking oil for payments in April, May and June. Then added with the disbursement of basic food BLT or BPNT for the month of May of Rp. 200,000.
"In Rejang Lebong Regency, the number of recipients is 18,545 KPM spread over several sub-districts. Recipients of this assistance can pick up at our branch Post Office in Selupu Rejang, Belitar Village, Pal VIII Village," he said quoted from Antara.
The disbursement of this aid money will be carried out from April 11 to 21, for recipients who cannot take this assistance directly because of illness such as paralysis, stroke or are unable to convey their problems through a companion so that later they can be delivered directly by the Post Office officer.
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