BNPB Head Appreciates Kupang City Quickly Distributes Seroja Stimulant Funds

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto/Photo: Antara

KUPANG - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto appreciated the Kupang City Government and Ende Regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province for being very fast in distributing aid funds for stimulants for the tropical cyclone storm. in realizing the distribution of aid funds to victims of the Seroja hurricane," said Head of BNPB Lt. Gen. Suharyanto in Kupang, Thursday, May 12. He said that of the 16 areas affected by the tropical cyclone Seroja, two regions, namely Kupang City and Ende Regency, worked faster in realizing the distribution of aid for victims of the Seroja disaster. sufficient progress of realization Up is good and almost finished, then Kupang City and Ende Regency," said Suharyanto, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor of NTT, Josef Nae Soi, quoted by Antara. speeding up the process of distributing the Seroja aid funds. He said that more than Rp. 849.3 billion of the Seroja aid funds have been distributed since December 2021, but there are still regencies in the island-based province that have not distributed the aid funds to disaster victims.

He said the process of distributing Seroja aid funds needed to be carried out immediately because it involved the good name of the region and the province if the distribution of funds was not optimal. "Our presence is not to judge but to assist. If needed, the BNPB team is ready to help so that the community can quickly use the funds, if they want to. If successful, learn from successful people. Imitate what has been done by Kupang City and Ende Regency," said Suharyanto. On that occasion the Deputy Governor of NTT, Josef A Nae Soi said the natural disaster of the tropical cyclone Seroja had a wide impact on this area with damage to 53,000 "We are grateful to BNPB for realizing a Rp849.3 billion seroja aid fund to help NTT residents affected by the seroja storm," said Josef A Nae Soi. The Deputy Governor of NTT encouraged the regional heads to further speed up the process of distributing Seroja aid funds so that disaster-affected residents can benefit from it raise funds to rebuild damaged houses.