Good News, 1,022 Ojol Drivers Receive Vouchers Of Fuel Worth IDR 200 Thousand

Gas station illustration/ Photo: Bitor Ekin P

JAKARTA - The Sorong City Government of West Papua Province distributed vouchers for 1,022 motorcycle taxi drivers to be exchanged for fuel oil (BBM) at the designated public gas station (SPBU).

The social assistance voucher based on the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia No. 134/PMK.07/2022 concerning Handling the Impact of Inflation was symbolically handed over by the Mayor of Sorong, George Yarangga to the beneficiary residents at the Sorong Mayor's Office, Saturday, November 12.

Mayor George Yarangga said that in accordance with President Joko Widodo's directives, local governments must carry out work programs to suppress high inflation.

He said that a social assistance program like this was an effort by the local government to control inflation in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of Finance.

It is said that bringing this social assistance is also proof that the government is always present to answer the difficulties faced by the community.

George Yarangga hopes that the social assistance provided by the government will benefit the community, especially motorcycle taxis, to meet fuel needs in the midst of current economic difficulties.

The head of the Sorong City Social Service, Fauzi Fattah, who gave a separate statement, said that the fuel voucher given to 1,022 motorcycle taxis, both online motorcycle taxis and base motorcycle taxis, was worth Rp. 200 thousand.

He explained that the driver of the beneficiary motorcycle taxi after receiving the voucher could immediately exchange fuel according to the value determined at Rp. 200 thousand.

It was added that the fuel voucher assistance for 1,022 beneficiary motorcycle taxi drivers in Sorong City was for three months from October to December 2022.