Gorontalo – Gorontalo Province’s North Gorontalo District Regional People’s Agent Council (DPRD) expects on-time disbursal of incentives to health employees currently aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the district.
” There need to not be a delay in the rewards paid to health workers. We press (all celebrations) to make efforts, so incentives for all health workers in the district would be paid on time,” North Gorontalo DPRD Commission III member Fatri Botuhihe mentioned here Sunday (July 25).
Pointing out the district’s health workplace report, Botuhihe noted that the present budget plan designated for health workers’ incentives and vaccines procurement is only offered for the duration between January and May 2021.
Botuhihe also anticipated the district authority to make the most of the budget plan currently offered to meet needs for the June-December 2021 period regardless of the restraints.
To support the COVID-19 handling efforts in North Gorontalo District, the assembly is likewise prepared to modify the provincial 2021 annual budget plan by drafting the Changed Regional Budget Plan (APBD-P) for this year’s spending plan.
” The total budget plan needed for COVID-19 handling (in this district) reached Rp15 billion (around US$ 1.029 million), yet according to the report from the regional finance committee, just Rp4 billion (around US$274,480) is readily available for this time. (The DPRD) is all set to raise another Rp11 billion from the local budget plan change by adjusting expenses,” Botuhihe noted.
She likewise sought support from all parties to prioritise the disbursal of incentives, for which the DPRD too will support.
” We, the 25 members of the DPRD, are prepared to reallocate our official trip spending plan this year. In this method, we anticipate no hold-up in the payment of the health employees’ rewards,” she stated.
The district DPRD has prompted the regional federal government to develop a more efficient policy on the district’s spending plan efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic. Botuhihe has also advised the authority to accelerate spending plan absorption and to decrease unneeded budget allowance.
” We must play our part seriously in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically to ensure the health workers’ well-being and ensure that they might maximise their ability to tend to the patients,” she emphasized.
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