Salurkan Bantuan Pangan Di Serang, Jokowi Wacanakan Perpanjang Hingga Juni: Kalau APBN Mungkin

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) distributed government rice reserves food aid to the people of Serang City, at the Bulog Serang Warehouse, Drangong, Serang City, Banten, Monday. (ANTARA/Desi Purnama Sari)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) distributed government rice reserves food assistance to the people of Serang City at the Bulog Serang Warehouse, Drangong, Serang City, Banten, Monday, January 8.

Jokowi said this food assistance program was given to 22 million beneficiary families (KPM) in 2024, up from 21.3 million KPM recipients in the previous year.

"Yesterday, it started in September, October, November, and December. There are new registrants so that in January they can enter to get food assistance," he said, confiscated by Antara.

Jokowi added that this food assistance will be obtained by KPM from January to March and an extension will be carried out until June if the state budget (APBN) allows.

"Later, this ladies and gentlemen will receive this assistance from January, February, March. We will try to extend it again in April, May, June if the APBN allows," he said.

The President said the government is currently still recalculating the fiscal capabilities to ensure that the assistance can be continued. "We will try so that it can be continued in April, May June," he said.

In this activity, President Jokowi checked the government's rice reserves and continued with the distribution of food aid rice to a number of KPMs in Serang City.

This aid distribution activity presents no less than 1 000 KPM from Drangong, Baru Park, and Central Umbul Villages.

Also accompanying President Jokowi in these activities were the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar, Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency Hadi Tjahjanto, and Acting Governor of Banten Al Muktabar.