Riau Again Gets Sacrificial Cattle Assistance From President Jokowi

President Jokowi's sacrificial cow handover was held at the An Nur Pekanbaru Grand Mosque the previous year. (ANTARA/HO-Dinas PKH Riau).

PeKANBARU - Riau Province again received the assistance of sacrificial cows from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) which will later be distributed to the community at the location of the animal was cut off this year after receiving a letter from the relevant ministry. "This year we again received the assistance of the President's sacrificial cow. A notification letter from the ministry regarding helping the cow has been entered, and is being sought for candidates for sacrificial cows from the President's assistance," said Head of the Riau Province Animal Husbandry and Health Service (PKH) Masrul Kasmy quoted from ANTARA, Friday, May 10. After receiving the letter, his party has also followed up by sending a letter to the cow-producing area to look for presidential aid sacrificial cattle candidates, among others to several areas such as Pekanbaru City, Kampar Regency, and Pelalawan. "Later we will first see the cows, which are clearly sounded the heaviest and in good health," he said.

If the results of the examination of the samples come out and the President's sacrificial cow is declared healthy, then his party will coordinate with the selection team for sacrificial cows to help the President from the center. Then the central government chose and negotiated the price directly with cattle owners.

In addition, Masrul continued, his party also prepared several alternatives that were prepared to be chosen. "Later, the team from the center will choose a cow that deserves to be used as a sacrificial cow from the President's assistance to Riau Province," he said. In 2023, Riau Province received a sacrificial cow from the President of the Brahman type weighing 906 Kilograms. The cow belongs to farmer Franto Kukuh Sulahi Rio, Indragiri Hulu Regency (Inhu).

The sacrificial cattle were then slaughtered at the Nurul Wathan Mosque Complex, Riau Province, which is located on Jalan Siak II, Sri Meranti Rumbai Village, Pekanbaru City.