Receiving IDR 150 Thousand Even In IDR 5,000 Breaks, Pekanbaru City Government Will Arrange Honor Regulations For Da'wah Juru

Acting Mayor of Pekanbaru Muflihun in a gathering with the preachers and the preachers. (ANTARA/HO-Pemko Pekanbaru)

PekanBARU - Pekanbaru City Government (Pemkot), Riau Province, plans to provide honorariums for da'wah, kubalig, and Muslim preachers because of their fairly high activities in the month of Ramadan later. Pekanbaru Mayor Muflihun admitted that he was touched by hearing the honorariums of these da'wah champions were only Rp. 150,000 in one lecture. In fact, some of the money was given in denominations of Rp. 5,000. "We will discuss the rules regarding the honorariums of these clerics and clerics. We first study the regulations. So far, the city government has only given honorariums to the heads of RT-RW, posyandu cadres, and mosque imams," said Muflihun in Pekanbaru, Antara, Monday, March 20. In fact, according to him, the role of ustaz and ustazah is very large in changing the color of Pekanbaru. The preachers and preachers were also asked to help the Pekanbaru City Government in maintaining cleanliness. One of them encourages, invites people to throw garbage in its place. Muflihun admitted that he had been trying to clean up trash since serving as Acting Mayor of Pekanbaru about 10 months ago. "The results of the Pekanbaru City Government will receive an Adipura certificate this year. Next year, hopefully the Pekanbaru City Government will receive the Adipura Cup," said Muflihun. In addition, he continued, four priority programs were also run this year, including "Doctor on Call", scholarships for outstanding students and underprivileged students, compensation for death for the poor of Rp. 1 million to the heirs, and subsidies for loan interest for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that lack capital. "Tell me at the mosques that Pekanbaru City Government has a Doctor on Call Program at each public health center. This program must reach the community," said Muflihun.