Fix the system immediately. The problem is clear. Issues regarding social aid have been unresolved for too long.Jakarta (ANTARA) - All stakeholders must work to resolve issues concerning the distribution of social aid that have continued to persist, vice chairman of Commission VIII of the House of Representatives (DPR) Ace Hasan Syadzily has said.
"Commission VIII has reminded several times regarding this issue," Syadzily told ANTARA here on Monday.
He highlighted Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini's findings regarding allegations of rice social aid monopoly in Lumajang, East Java, on Saturday, in addition to a field report the minister received while visiting Bandung District on Friday.
In its implementation, social aid distribution has been plagued with a variety of issues, from the aid recipient data collection to aid distribution, Syadzily said.
When it comes to data, there remains the problem of records reflecting the names of people who have passed away as social aid recipients, as seen in Bandung, he elaborated.
There is another problem regarding the distributed Non-Cash Food Aid (BPNT), the commodity value of which is above average and the quality is not as expected, he added.
He urged the Social Affairs Ministry to promptly resolve the social aid issue by fixing the system that has been deemed problematic for some time.
"Fix the system immediately. The problem is clear. Issues regarding social aid have been unresolved for too long," Syadzily asserted.
In addition, he also announced that the House' Commission VIII will invite State-owned Banks Association (Himbara) that has been tasked to distribute aid funds to help recipient families (KPM) in the near future.
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Editor: Sri Haryati
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