Ganjar Pranowo Allows Village Heads Tospire Central Java Provincial Government Assistance To Handling Extreme Poverty

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Central Java Provincial Government)

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has allowed village heads to shift the allocation of the use of aid from the Central Java Provincial Government for handling extreme poverty in a number of areas. " “ I encourage that at a poor village level, even there is extreme poverty, the assistance can be shifted there, I will allow it later. For example, assistance from the province that wants to be used to reduce extreme poverty, I will allow it later," he said after giving directions on the acceleration of handling extreme poverty for Grobogan Regency and Demak Regency at the Mlir Village Office, Gubug District, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, January 25. The shift in aid is an effort so that extreme poverty, which is a priority, can be handled and suppressed immediately. The handling of extreme poverty is in accordance with President Joko Widodo's directives some time ago which requested that the handling of extreme poverty in Indonesia be completed by 2024. "That is a priority so that if extreme poverty in 2024 must be completed, we all in the regions have responsibility at their respective levels," he said. Ganjar said the responsibility for solving extreme poverty is also in the hands of village heads as the main target data holders. Therefore, around 99 village head representatives from Grobogan Regency and Demak Regency, 35 sub-districts, as well as a team to accelerate poverty reduction at the Grobogan Regency and Demak Regency levels received direct guidance from Governor Ganjar Pranowo. "Today we are trying to finish it for handling down to the micro level. Where is the micro? It's in the village. When yesterday we tried to retrieve the data in Pemalang and Brebes, now Grobogan and Demak. So the same, we ask the village head friends to pay attention. This week they want to collect data, the sub-district heads will later supervise and will later be compiled in the district. So in Demak and Grobogan Regencies, they will prepare," he said. After the real data on extreme poverty is obtained and verified, he continued, the settlement program must be implemented immediately. So far, the Governments of Grobogan and Demak Regencies already have a number of poverty management programs up to the village level, but the Central Java Provincial Government will also intervene to provide assistance, including finding other sources of funds. "But it won't be finished there, surely they will be heavy, so we will look for it like Baznas. Yesterday's Baznas coordination meeting also agreed that the tasaruf from Baznas was also directed to reduce poverty. We also encourage CSR," he said.