BNPB Denies Information On The Sale Of Rice And Egg Aid At The NTT Eruption Victims Evacuation Command Post

Photos of archives-BNPB Deputy for Logistics and Equipment Lilik Kurniawan handed over logistical/DOK ANTARA assistance

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) responded to the issue of allegedly selling logistical assistance in the form of basic necessities at the evacuation post for victims of the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki, East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

Information on the alleged sale of logistics for basic necessities by officers has been circulating on various social media channels in the last few days.

One of them is the Instagram account @viralkupang.NTt, which in its upload states that there are residents who claim to be offered 50 kilograms of rice and eggs which are suspected of being aid items from the Ile Gerong Village Command Post, TiteTENa District, East Flores by the guards.

Deputy for Logistics and Equipment of BNPB, Lilik Kurniawan, said that the alleged sale of aid for disaster victims was not true. This is known according to a clarification from the East Flores Regency Government obtained by BNPB.

"There has been clarification from the Acting Regent (not true)," he said in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, January 10.

BNPB ensures that the overall handling of disaster victims in East Flores has been running as it should thanks to solid multi-party cooperation, including regarding basic needs assistance for refugees whose management is under the supervision of the local government.

Previously, the Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari in his press statement also ensured that the emergency response phase to the recovery phase of the impact of the eruption disaster in East Flores which was currently underway was going well.

In fact, according to him, BNPB continues to intensify the process of building temporary residential houses and also accelerate the realization of permanent housing development for refugees victims of the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki in 2025. A total of 27 temporary housing Kompels built in collaboration with the Indonesian Army, are ready to be occupied by 135 families of victims of the eruption.

The activity status of Mount Lewotobi Laki is currently at level III (Alert) set on December 24, 2024, or down from level IV (Awas) which previously took effect on a large-scale eruption on November 4, 2024, resulting in nine deaths, one serious injury and 13 thousand residents in East Flores having to evacuate.