1,569 Workers In Bengkulu Have Not Taken Wage Subsidy Assistance At The Post Office, The Limit Until December 20

Illustration of the distribution of the Wage Subsidy Assistance (BSU) for workers. (Between)

BENGKULU - A total of 1,569 workers who were recorded as beneficiaries have not taken Wage Subsidy Assistance (BSU) at the Bengkulu Post Office.

Deputy for the Bengkulu Branch POS Office, Sutiarto, said thousands of BSU recipients in Bengkulu were asked to take assistance to the POS office until December 20, 2022. "To 1,569 BSU aid recipients from the central government, they immediately took the assistance to the nearest POS office," he said in Bengkulu City, Tuesday, December 13, confiscated by Antara.

Sutiarto explained, if until December 20 the beneficiaries of BSU have not taken the funds, the funds will also be returned to the central government. If the distribution of the BSU funds is divided into two forms, namely through the accounts of workers and cash distribution through the nearest post office. cash distribution has reached 89 percent. "Until December 12, 2022, as many as 1,569 workers in Bengkulu have not taken the assistance," he said.

For workers who are declared BSU recipients to immediately come to the nearest Post Office with a personal identity card such as an ID card and BPJS Employment participant card. The central government distributed a budget for BSU of Rp. 39 billion with 65,055 workers for the Bengkulu Province. The Ministry of Finance through the Directorate General of Treasury (DJPb) of Bengkulu Province stated that 49,301 workers in Bengkulu Province had received Wage Subsidy Assistance (BSU) of Rp600 thousand per person. With the total distribution of BSU in Bengkulu Province reaching Rp29.5 billion and the assistance was distributed by the central government after the subsidized fuel price adjustment (BBM) was made to help maintain purchasing power and meet the needs after the subsidized fuel price adjustment.