InfoSAWIT, BANDAR LAMPUNG – Governor in duty of Lampung, Samsudin, officially launched social insurance program for the vulnerable workers in palm oil sector through palm oil profit sharing fund. It was in the Novotel Hotel, Thursday (26/09/2024). The program would cover the workers in five regencies, such as, Mesuji, Tulang Bawang, Way Kanan, Lampung Timur, and Pesisir Barat.

In the event, the province symbolically delivered not only the social insurance but also the claims from employment insurance program advantages. Some of them covered work accident insurances, scholarship for the heirs from many levels of education, such as, from kindergarten to university.

As the appreciation and support to the vulnerable worker protection, Lampung Province got the award from Employment Social Insurance Agency that was handed over thy the Head of Employment Social Insurance Agency southern Sumatera, Muhyidin, to Governor Samsudin.

In his speech, Samsudin emphasized the social protection would be the basic rights of every individual. He also said that the government would exist to protect the workers’ rights, namely the vulnerable ones. “Social insurance is the human rights. We should not put the people’s rights aside,” he said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from the official page of Lampung Province Politic, Information, and Communication Agency, Monday (30/9/2024).

He hoped that Coordinator Ministry in Human Resource and Culture Development and Employment Insurance Agency would keep developing Employment Agency in the province, regency/city levels to expand the program cover. “I instructed the insurance would be prioritize for the workers in Lampung Province,” he said.

Muhyidin also took every party to cooperate and deliver social protection (for the workers). “Let us protect the people, workers in this province. With the spirit of mutual cooperation, there would be more workers that get protection and the people would be better in economy,” he said.

Deputy Assistant of Social Insurance, Coordinator Ministry in Human Resrouce and Culture Development, Niken Ariati appreciated Lampung Province for it would be the good sample for the other provinces. “Thank you, Governor. Lampung delivered social protection sample for 18.000 vulnerable workers. This is outstanding,” Niken said. (T2)