Ganjar Suggests River Musi Ketek Boat Operators Create Cooperatives: Solar And Loans Will Be Provided Later

Presidential Candidate number three, Ganjar Pranowo at Market 16 Ilir, Palembang, South Sumatra, Friday, February 2. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

PALEMBANG - Presidential Candidate number three, Ganjar Pranowo asked the operator of the ketek boat in the Musi River to create a cooperative to facilitate the distribution of aid if he was elected in the 2024 presidential election with Mahfud MD.

This was conveyed by Ganjar while visiting Pasar 16 Ilir, Palembang City, South Sumatra on Friday, February 2. During the visit, the former Governor of Central Java had a chance to talk with the operator of the ketek boat that depends on the Musi River.

"I ask the mothers of the ketek boat operators to make cooperatives so that later they can get assistance and assistance from the government," said Ganjar to reporters at the location.

Ganjar, who previously had a chance to talk with the boat operators, admitted that he heard several complaints. One of them is related to the need for fuel oil (BBM).

He said, the operator of the ketek boat complained about the high price of diesel. As a result, the profits they got were allocated to buy fuel instead of caring for boats.

So, Ganjar in the future will try to provide assistance so that the operator of this ketek boat can get welfare. One of them is to distribute aid through cooperatives whose data collection uses the Sakti ID card.

"Our program can enter so that this group of ketek boat operators will be known," he said.

With the presence of this Sakti ID card, it is hoped that the operators of the ketek ships who need other assistance such as money loans can also be helped. So that we can provide assistance to them. That's what they are concrete in need of," said the former Governor of Central Java.

The operator of the ketek boat on the Musi River who had a chance to talk with Ganjar stated that credit to help with the ship's maintenance was needed.

"If our ketek is damaged, we complain (ask for a loan, red) money but he is given like this for ketek," said a representative of the ketek boat operator to Ganjar while talking.

This representative said the cost of maintaining the ship they needed was quite large. "(The maximum service fee, red) is IDR 10 million," he said.

After talking, he hoped that Ganjar could think about the fate of the ketek ship operators in the Musi River in the future. "Long live Mr. Ganjar, Ganjar-Mahfud, win, win," he concluded.