Of The 6,000 Target Targets, 25 Workers In OKU South Sumatra Failed To Get Wage Subsidy Assistance

A resident of OKU Regency, South Sumatra, disbursed BSU funds at the Baturaja Post Office. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

The distribution of Wage Subsidy Assistance (BSU) funds channeled through the Baturaja Post Office, Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Regency, South Sumatra only reached 99.6 percent until the end of 2022 from 6,000 target workers in OKU Raya.

"The OKU Raya covers three districts, namely OKU, East OKU and South Regency," said Head of the Baturaja Post Office, OKU Regency, Reza Pratama through the Marketing Sector, Adi, quoted by Antara, Saturday, December 24.

He said, based on data as of December 20, 2022 or until the deadline for the distribution of BSU, there were 5,975 workers spread across the three districts who had received aid funds from the government or only 99.6 percent realized.

"This means that as many as 25 residents have failed to receive BSU this year," he said.

As many as 25 workers who failed to receive the wage subsidy were due to the Population Identification Number (NIK) on the Electronic Identity Card (KTP) belonging to the person concerned domiciled outside the region.

The NIK of prospective BSU recipients is not according to their domicile or address outside OKU Raya Regency such as Java Island and other areas in South Sumatra so that the excess wage subsidy funds that failed to be distributed will be returned to the state treasury.

"So far, there have been no other problems with the distribution of BSU at the Baturaja Post Office, only this NIK problem," he said.

He said that in distributing the aid, his party prepared four special counters to serve people who disbursed funds so that there was no long queue.

"With these four special counters, people don't queue for too long. Apart from the Post Office, there are also residents who disburse funds through the application. In fact, we picked up the ball to deliver funds directly to the homes of residents who were unable to attend due to illness," he said.

In this program, the government provides wage subsidies for workers with a maximum salary or wage of IDR 3.5 million or the minimum wage of provinces and districts/cities, and not as civil servants, TNI and Polri.

"Each resident received assistance of Rp600,000 with a total fund for workers in OKU Raya worth Rp3.6 billion," said Reza Pratama.