President Jokowi Hands Over Food Aid At Bulog Padang Warehouse

President Joko Widodo was interviewed after handing over aid to the people in Padang City, West Sumatra, Wednesday (10/25/2023). BETWEEN/Muhammad Zulfikar.

PADANG - President Joko Widodo handed over government rice reserves food assistance to the community at the Bulog Warehouse of Padang City, West Sumatra, during a series of working visits to the Minang area.

"We pray together that the APBN funds are sufficient, so that we can provide rice assistance to ladies and gentlemen again," said President Jokowi in Padang as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, October 25.

The President also said that the government would transfer aid to each beneficiary family (KPM) in November and December 2023.

The total food aid handed over by the President in Bulog Padang Warehouse is 5,000 kilograms of rice. The assistance was given to 500 beneficiary families (KPM). In detail, 100 KPM from Lubuk Begalung District, 100 KPM South Padang, and 300 KPM from East Padang District.

Overall, the total KPM in West Sumatra Province is 367,106 with the assistance reaching 3,671,060 kilograms of rice.

In addition to phase II food assistance from the National Food Agency (Bapanas), the President also handed over assistance from the Presidential Secretariat.

Before visiting the Padang Bulog Warehouse, the former Mayor of Solo first inaugurated Mentawai Airport located in Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra. Then, the President also visited Vocational High School (SMK) 5 Padang City, to check teaching and learning activities in the education unit.

Meanwhile, one of the residents of Pampangan, Lubuk Begalung District, Nurbaiti, admitted that she had been assisted by food assistance from the government. The aid contains 10 kilograms of rice, cooking oil, tea and bread.

"Alhamdulillah, I was helped by this food assistance," he said