Prepare A Budget Of IDR 3 Billion, Manokwari Regency Government Make Sure Honorary And Informal Workers Are Protected Through Social Security

Head of Manokwari Mangology and Transmigration Office, Yusak Dowansiba. (ANTARA)

MANOKWARI - The Manokwari Regency Government (Pemkab), West Papua, has prepared a budget of Rp. 3 billion to ensure that regional honorariums and informal workers are protected through the participation of Employment Social Security (JAMSOSTEK). Head of the Manokwari Mangology and Transmigration Office, Yusak Dowansiba, said the number of regional honorary workers who will receive JAMSOSTEK protection reached 3,949 people, while informal workers reached more than 9 thousand people. "The registration is planned for October or during the month of mutual cooperation in commemoration of the 124th Anniversary of Manokwari where the budget will be directly handed over by the Regent to BPJAMSOSTEK Manokwari," he explained in Manokwari, Antara, Sunday, September 11. Head of the Manokwari Branch of the Employment Social Security Administering Agency (BPJAMSOSTEK), Carolus Pg Sigaling, added that his staff continues to build communication and coordination with a number of local governments in West Papua so that they can bear the payment of JAMSOSTEK contributions for vulnerable workers, especially the indigenous Papuan people (OAP). He hopes that apart from the Manokwari Regency Government, there will be cooperation with the Wondama Bay Regency Government, South Manokwari, Bintuni Bay and Arfak Mountains to provide protection for vulnerable OAP workers. OAP vulnerable workers are expected to be protected through two protection programs, namely Work Accident Insurance (JKK) and Death Insurance (JKM). BPJAMSOSTEK Manokwari Branch is currently exploring cooperation with the Manokwari Regency Government to provide protection to thousands of vulnerable workers with the amount of JKK and JKM contributions borne at IDR 16,800 per soul. Until the end of July 2022, the total participants of the BPJAMSOSTEK Manokwari program were 36,000 people for formal sector workers (wage recipients) and 26,187 people for workers in the informal sector ( laborers who are not recipients of wages).