The Head of BPS of Lampung Barat Regency, Ir. Nasrullah Arsyad, M.M held an audience with the Regional Secretary of Pesisir Barat Regency, Drs. Jon Edwar, M.Si. in the Regional Secretary's office, Pesisir Barat Local Government Office Complex. Accompanying the Secretary at the meeting, which lasted for almost an hour, were the Head of the Food Security Service, the Head of the Trade MSME Cooperative Service and the Head of Economic Affairs.
On that occasion, the Head of BPS of Lampung Barat Regency, whose working area still includes Pesisir Barat Regency, reported the price development index figure of Pesisir Barat Regency, which in the last 5 weeks has become the highest out of 15 regencies/cities in Lampung Province. The commodities that contributed the most to the high inflation proxy rate in Pesisir Barat Regency were rice, chicken meat, cayenne pepper and cooking oil.
After receiving the report and requesting an explanation from the Head of BPS Lampung Barat on how the index was calculated and presented, the Secretary asked his staff to immediately respond and take strategic steps to suppress the price hikes of several commodities that occurred. The Secretary also expressed his gratitude to BPS Lampung Barat which is very cooperative and responsive to the real conditions in the field through its indicators, and sincerely hopes that the proposal for the establishment of a BPS Pesisir Barat Regency working unit can be immediately approved by the Central Government to facilitate coordination. (NA)