Naju-si to Provide 100,000 Won Disaster Relief Fund to All Citizens

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Han-hyuk] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 10th that it will provide disaster relief funds of 100,000 won per person to all citizens to revitalize the livelihood economy, which has been stagnated due to COVID-19.

The city completed the budget securing process through the enactment of an ordinance related to the disaster relief fund payment at the city council's extraordinary session this month and the first supplementary budget, and plans to start accepting applications for the disaster relief fund from the 2nd of next month.

This disaster relief fund will be paid in the local currency, ‘Naju Sarang Gift Certificate,’ to prevent the outflow of local funds and revitalize commercial districts.

The payment target is all citizens residing in Naju City as of the 26th of last month, when the decision to provide the disaster relief fund was announced (including marriage immigrants).

Applications can be submitted from the 2nd to the 19th of next month by the head of the household (proxy applications allowed) by submitting the payment application form to the administrative welfare center of the jurisdiction of their address, receiving a gift certificate receipt, and submitting it to the designated local NongHyup branch.

The city will implement a ‘5-day rotation system based on the last digit of the birth year’ considering work congestion and citizen convenience during the disaster relief fund application period.

Those whose birth year ends with 1 or 6 should visit on Monday, 2 or 7 on Tuesday, 3 or 8 on Wednesday, 4 or 9 on Thursday, and 5 or 0 on Friday.

The city requested active cooperation with quarantine guidelines such as temperature checks, hand sanitization, and social distancing upon visitor entry to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “I hope that the precious disaster relief fund, prepared through expenditure budget savings despite difficult financial conditions, will breathe new life into the daily lives of citizens stagnated by COVID-19 and become a spark of hope to revive the frozen local economy.”

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