PANGKALPINANG - Acting Governor of the Bangka Belitung Islands, Syafrizal ZA, stated that the second lowest inflation in the Babylon Islands in April 2024 was in Indonesia, as a form of the success of local governments in overcoming inflation in the Serupun Sebalai Country.
"The Babel Islands inflation during January to April this year has never been above two percent," said Syafrizal ZA in a press statement received in Pangkalpinang, Sunday.
He said the success of the Babel Islands Provincial Government in suppressing inflation had been reported to the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Governor's Regional Head Performance Evaluation to the Inspector General of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday (17/5/24) in Jakarta.
In the evaluation of the performance of the Governor's Regional Head, the Acting Governor of the Babel Islands accompanied by the Acting Secretary of the Babel Islands Fery Afriyanto and the ranks of echelon 2 of the Babel Islands Provincial Government also reported performance achievements in dealing with stunting, BUMD, public services, unemployment, extreme poverty, health, absorption, budget, licensing and other superior activities.
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"I'm tougher on conveying the problem than it worked," he said.
He acknowledged that inflation, which was the main thing to pay attention to during his tenure as Acting Governor of the Babel Islands until May 2024, inflation in Bumi Serumpun Sebalai was never above 2 percent.
Such as the evaluation of the first quarter in February, namely as of January inflation at 1.21 percent and as of April at 1.90 percent or in terms of achievement, the second lowest nationally.
"So far, the highest contributor to inflation in the Babel Islands is 1.06 percent rice, 0.22 percent kretek cigarettes and 0.18 percent air transportation," he said.
According to him, in overcoming this inflation, the Babel Islands Provincial Government implemented two strategies, namely special strategies including availability, distribution, affordability and a generic strategy, namely coordination, supervision, collaboration.
"Alhamdulillah, this strategy is going well and this will continue to be improved to overcome and suppress inflation in this area which still relies on food supplies from outside the region to meet the needs of the community," he said.
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